GET OVER YOUR >HIERARCHICAL SOCIALIZATION. Only a populace raised on Super Bowl hype and >Jimmy The Greek odds who somehow believe that books and authors (or musicians >or painters) need to be pitted against each other like a goddamn cockfight >with trivia on their lips and a useless degree under their belt on the line. >"My team is better than your team." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." >"Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "Oh, yeah?" >"Yeah." Can I just say: "Thank you, thank you, thank you"? As a devoted lurker, I have always loved this list, but these recent threads have just made my hair hurt. I can't deal with constant bickering of this ilk. Comparative analysis is one thing, and a very useful thing, but it has NOTHING TO DO WITH BETTER/WORSE. >So which trees are better than other trees? >(Willows) >Which animals are better than other animals? >(Cats) >Which planets are better than other planets? >(Uranus. heh,heh) > ************************************************************ George Ford bf20455@binghamton.edu "For this world also which seems to us a thing of stone and flower and blood is not a thing at all but is a tale." -Cormac McCarthy "The Crossing" ************************************************************