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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Barry Kort's Intellectual Observations - Some Further Thoughts
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 16:16:17 EST
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In article <12485@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@brahms.UUCP (Matthew P. Wiener) writes:
> This can't be true.  In most of Europe and Japan intellectuals are held in
> high regard.  In particular, the latest philosophical or literary rage is
> considered a superstar on par with rock musicians in the United States.

Oh, you mean they are harassed and pilloried by conservatives and their works
are burned by fundamentalists.  :-(

The fact that one has groupies and other fans doesn't imply protection from
the rest of society.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh