Johan van Veen writes:

>Many people go to concerts *because* it is common opinion that a musician
>is a star.  They attend a concert because they believe they *have* to in
>order to be part of the *establishment*.  For them it is as important to
>be seen during a concert than to hear the music.

I suppose we can debate the meaning of "many", but this sounds perilously
close to "everyone else in the concert hall is a philistine, present
company excepted of course".

len.