In a message dated 98-01-10 15:49:33 EST, you write: << I still can't understand the incredulity my question received. As if I asked if he were a serial killer. Or as if this were the Green Bay Packers mailing list. I must be safe in assuming there are no gays or lesbians on this mailing list, because one of them surely would have spoken up about such a medieval response by now. >> heh...I think I've lost track of who said what. Sorry. Eh, you asked Brian if he were a homosexual, is that right? And someone...Brian maybe....didn't like it? In the context of reading Ginsberg, that's a pretty reasonable question. It's not like asking that question on a Green Bay Packers mailing list. It's not so much a matter of having a medieval attitude, but asking a question relevant to the subject. It was relevant to Ginsberg. Sorry if my bantering made it seem otherwise. Jim