Wes wrote:

>It's fine to say you don't like Bach but it's completely ridiculous to say
>that Bach was crap.  I think Don was basically saying that people need to
>quit expressing their opinions aas if they are concrete fact.  You can't
>say that Beethoven was crap.  You should rather say that his music doesn't
>do anything for you specifically.

Ok, I respect your right not to celebrate the invention of the 12-tone
system, and if you don't want to celebrate the invention of the toaster
that is fine with me too.  But please, practice what you preach.  You are
telling someone not to call Beethoven crap yet that is the EXACT word you
used to describe a Jackson Pollack style painting.  You can't have your
cake and eat it too.

Kyle Major
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