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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (36926)5/7/1999 5:35:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
I agree with Blue, Christopher, that it is not "snobbish elitism" on your part to expect people to have read basic classics.

Besides, in every literate society in modern times, at least, there has been a distinction between High Culture and Low Culture. Someone has to stand up for, and preserve, High Culture! And it might as well be you! <g>

One thing saddens me, however. When the high-minded do-gooders of yore in Britain worked to bring literacy to the working class, they dreamed of the days when the downtrodden proletariat would be able to read Shakespeare....It probably never occurred to them that many working stiffs (and scions of the bourgeoisie as well) might prefer TV Guide.

Joan
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