I meant, Eric, that by your standards, nothing can be news in that it's all "Hutus hate Tutsis/both hate Hercules" (I assume these are givens, and the actual history -- of Africa -- is irrelevant, that these are Universal Timeless Truths). So if tomorrow English and Welsh people began killing each other, well, that's not news. After all (etc.). Judy Evans, Cardiff, Wales ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:56 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Iran is angry at itself > >>perhaps nothing is news. > > > Look at this story. It's purely political and is not news. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html