I meant to say gratuitous and tasteless. Andy <min.erva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I don't have that issue handy but I suspect the alleged remarks by Peter and Gordon are a gratuitous damper on the subject under discussion. One wonders what the point of the damper is. David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On Apr 30, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Andy wrote: > I have no idea what this means and wonder why this was addressed at my > post. If in fact it is in the current issue, how does it relate to > what's being discussed? > Open the April 30th issue at page six, the one with the lovely cover--two people staring not at a Pollock-like painting which dwarfs them, but instead at a tiny digital camera's screen, on which the painting is reproduced-- and you will see I was referring to correspondence in response to Colapinto's article. The second letter is from Peter Gordon of Columbia University. It apologizes to "the people of Appalachia" for "remarks [that] have added to... negative and untrue stereotypes." David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos. --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.