At 02:56 PM 8/1/98 -0400, you wrote: > I haven't been a member of this list all that long, and joined it (to put it >bluntly) simply because most of my friends are getting rather sick of the fact >that I tend to answer questions with quotes from The Catcher in the Rye, and >the fact that I always relate everything right back to it. > It seems to me, though, that any mockery that goes on here is in good humor, >and isn't meant to intentionally hurt anyone. That may happen sometimes, but >it appears inadvertant. Although the members of this list are apparently all >rather different people, there is apparently a binding force. And that's been >enough so far to at least keep me interested. Or maybe it's the differences >that keep me interested. That actually seems a little more likely, now that I >think about it. > Conclusion: The love of Salinger has brought us together, and our >differences in opinion keep us here (or drive some people away screaming, but >hey, what can you do?). > > Ellen Welcome, Ellen! And well put. I couldn't agree more. Misty but look at Faulkner, he not only said the same thing over and over but he said the same place --Charles Bukowski