At 04:00 PM 6/21/02 -0400, David H. Bailey wrote: >I am not sure that giving creative minds a free ride
Most creative minds get a "free ride" if they work in industries where research and development is paid for, don't they? More than a free ride -- one with benefits and facilities and recognition. It's amazing how much R&D is supported by government money, through corporate arrangements and universities. But because artists tend to create their work whatever their personal circumstances, the entertainment industries that fuel huge parts of the economy get all that R&D entirely for free. People whine ever so righteously when they're asked to pay for this R&D (as opposed to, say, the latest study on cloning or traffic patterns or nutitional information or high orbital mechanics). Most folks probably wouldn't volunteer a penny for R&D in any field they don't understand or don't believe has a direct relationship to their existence ... but when R&D is funded in the arts, it somehow becomes an affront to faith in free markets or some other convoluted nonsense that devolves into our liberation from patronage, fear of governments, etc. All R&D uses enormous capital for little obvious gain. It's only suspect when it takes place in the arts. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
