William writes: "In keeping with the established tone of the list, one that keeps pricking at little assertions and nitpickings among membersb&"
I can understand your calling much of what I do "nitpicking", but I yearn to convince you I don't do it as part of a game of "Gotcha!", nor, say I, does it involve that usual connotation of "nitpicking" -- insignificant details. I do it in reaction to the sight of listers entangled in arguments that are doomed from the outset because the listers each have in mind a different notion though they are using the same key word, and because some of those notions seem so unexamined as to ensure progress can't happen. In the same posting William writes, "I've never felt that art should be defined but instead symbolized in the form of art propositions through self-reflective experiences and projected inclinations." I'm damned if I have anything approaching a clear idea as I read that. And I think William would be inapt to say that to take exception to his locutions there would be just "nitpicking". ************** Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851)
