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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: the big debate
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 01:28:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 01:28:03 1985
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> From: malik@star.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440)

> I mean, do you really care whether or not I like Bach?....  What
> possible difference does it make what other people like?

I care about why you do or why you don't like Bach.  I care about what
other people think and why they think that because I live in a world
with other people.  Art is about communication -- not isolation.

> We're not interested in you (and you're not interested in me).  We're
> interested in what you have to say.

And that's why "Foobar sucks!" is a lousy posting, and "I don't like
Foobar because ...." followed by thought-out reasons is a reasonable
posting.

				-Doug Alan
				  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)