Re: Private Ryan, The Thin Line and back to Ignatius J. Reilly

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In a message dated 12/15/1999 9:50:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Excordis@aol.com writes:

<< What's wrong with sentimentality? I think it's one of the most powerful 
 emotions. Is there more than one type of sentimentality? >>

I think "sentimentality" isn't really an emotion in itself, but a slant on a 
specific range of emotions such as gratitude, love, passion, etc.  What's 
really "wrong" with the sentimental isn't so much the emotion itself but that 
the "strings" being used to pull on the emotions are too visible...

Jim

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