Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!lo From: lo@harvard.ARPA (Bert S.F. Lo) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Musical asparagus vs. musical twinkies Message-ID: <470@harvard.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 16:59:28 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.470 Posted: Fri Nov 1 16:59:28 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 14:56:41 EST References: <1179@decwrl.UUCP> <273@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: Harvard University Lines: 25 BE WARNED. THIS ARTICLE USES LANGUAGE THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO FALL OFF YOUR CHAIR IN UNCONTROLLABLE GALES OF LAUGHTER. > An analogy with food seems reasonable. I don't like asparagus. But > is asparagus bad food? Of course not. Would I ever try to convince > someone that they shouldn't be eating asparagus. Of course not. On the > other hand, if I see someone living on a diet of Cool Aid, Coco > Crispies, and Twinkies, and who smokes three packs of cigarettes a day, > I might try to convince them that this is not a healthy lifestyle. This > would atrophy the body. And Lionel Richie atrophies the mind. > > Doug Alan > nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA) Your analogy isn't quite correct. Consider this situation: you and I both eat balanced meals. After dinner, you have a vitamin supplement while I eat my dessert. The fact is that most people don't center their "intellectual" stimu- lation around music just as most people don't center their diets around what they eat after dinner. So your "vitamin" is "better" than my "dessert" ? I get my "nutrition" elsewhere. So I'm not qualified to discuss "vitamins" ? That's not the sole topic of discussion here. We're here to discuss "food" in general. Let's get on with a new topic now, OK ? _____________________Bert S.F. Lo (lo@harvard.HARVARD.EDU)_____________________