>In a message dated 10/4/98 7:12:11 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
><<We must all bear in mind that our non-fiction is not always the same
>non-fiction as for others. You have to sort the bullshit out for
>yourself and cannot expect anyone else to take responsibility for what
>you believe to be non-fiction.>>
>
>I disagree....I think.  One is not born with the ability to recognize
>bullshit...it is either an acquired taste...or an acquired skill...or perhaps
>an acquired allergie...In any event, it is acquired and taught to the
>uninitiated.  The teacher does have responsibility and can be expected to take
>responsibility to control the bullshit to which his charges are exposed.  (If
>we aren't careful this learned conversation will disintegrate into another
>discussion of blue cocktail dresses.)

How about if we wrap it into the Boy Scout/Girl Scout/Cub Scout discussion....

How long did you look for snipe during the snipe hunt on your first
scouting campout, and who told you finally where you could find them?

_______________________________________________
Dan Becker,  Executive Director       "Conformists die, but
Raleigh Historic                                 heretics live on forever"
Districts Commission                                   -- Elbert Hubbard

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