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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (11883)	10/28/2003 9:53:31 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14610

Message 19359649 it's good to see that you have finally come around to the original point that the humor in "the simpsons" is intelligent. and for the record, jxm didn't suggest the show was "intellectual"....gloop said it was intellectual (with a <g>) and you have conflated the 2 statements what is interesting is that you seem to be hinging your argument now on a perceived distinction wrt the descriptive words 'intellectual v intelligent' i have known jxm to careful in his usage of words, and not to put words in his mouth, i would suggest to you he didn't say it was intellectual quite deliberately... not be cause it isn't (at least according to the generic accepted definition of the word) but rather because of the baggage that the he knows word "intellectual" sometimes carries with it. meaning a certain self- professing effete-ism, snobbism, or condescension. the simpsons is quite the opposite of that meaning of intellectual... but is it intelligent? yes. is it "intellectual" according to the true definition of the word? (appealing to the intellect?) yes. but as the article i posted says quite accurately, "it's funny because it's true" intelligent, funny, AND true and that's why it's remained such a hit. and also why when you originally asserted that oral "could do better than that" was so wrong, you really can't do much better than funny, intelligent and true. in·tel·lec·tu·al ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ntl-kch-l) adj. Of or relating to the intellect. Rational rather than emotional. Appealing to or engaging the intellect: an intellectual book; an intellectual problem. Having or showing intellect, especially to a high degree. See Synonyms at intelligent. Given to activities or pursuits that require exercise of the intellect.