From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!mitccc!jmturn
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Re: SF attacked in December Harper"s magazine
Article-I.D.: mitccc.235
Posted: Tue Dec 21 11:38:51 1982
Received: Wed Dec 22 03:28:36 1982
References: floyd.973

Of course most SF is trash. Sturgeon's Law states that 90% of *anything*
is trash. What is so irritating about the Harper's article is not that
the author says "Some SF is trash", but "All SF is trash". If he had said
"All 19th century Victorian novels are trash", I'd be just as mad (and
I hate 19th century Victorian novels!)

This kind of violent outlash has an unfortunate progression.
   1) X is trash
   2) People who read trash are stupid
   3) People who read X are stupid
   4) People who are stupid...etc

Therefore, I make the following statement: Harper's is trash!

					James