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To: Rande Is who wrote (4958)	4/4/1999 9:42:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57584

Humbly report, Rande, yes, I see myself as a soldier of sorts. Of - to put it bluntly, without making you read between the lines - humorists. Ours is a useful trade, a worthy calling; that with all its lightness and frivolity it has one serious purpose, one aim, one specialty, and it is constant to it- the deriding of shams, the exposure of pretentious falsities, the laughing of stupid superstitions out of existence; and that whoso is by instinct engaged in this sort of warfare is the natural enemy of royalties, nobilities, privileges and all kindred swindles, and the natural friend of human rights and human liberties. --Twain. Bluntly again, the April Fool's joke was not intended, as you say, "as a release of tensions built up inside you [us], due to the Kosovo crises." And bluntly for the third time, regarding differing minds. . . I almost always write between the lines, rarely do I bother reading them seriously. 98 percent of the time, I say exactly what I mean to say, with a twist. Rarely in my life have I been one not to take a hint. Anyone that don't liked that bores me. It's kept me honest and straight, though I know I can't make others honest and straight. Saying something in such a way that you never really say it but hit at all the possibilities, says everything to me. So subtleties get noticed. I almost always adapt my thinking towards that of another. How else can one make sense of the endless supply of personal views and philosophies? We briefly discussed authors. I have always preferred reading a wise comic to a textbook. A fiction to phone-book. And an enlightened commentary instead of raw facts and statistics. I prefer my news from the mouth of those that personally experienced it. My favorite authors are humorists and playwrites. Well how far off are we? Diametrically opposed? Absolutely! wavcentral.com (To put it bluntly - I'm out of here.) Cheers, Svejk proofsheet.com

To: Rande Is who wrote (4958)	4/4/1999 2:42:00 PM
From: Don Pueblo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 57584

I hope you don't mind me butting in, but I read that post and felt I might be able to offer some insight. I don't mean this as a personal flame. I don't know you, and for all I know, you are a fine person. I think I speak for more than myself here. I won't bother reprinting the parts of your post that are telling, but I can offer this: The most noble communication ever invented is Art. We make the civilization, and people like you watch. At the point at which the "observers" of the civilization refuse to look at the artists, for whatever lame and misguided reason they wish to offer, the artists just move on. Then, "art" that is not art but crap takes over, and then the civilization dies. Look wherever you want, close your eyes any time you wish, but don't tell me I'm flawed because I am an artist. I don't create to release tension, that is psycho-horseshit. I create because there is nothing better I can do. I don't particularly care if you like it or not, but if you want to judge me, you better know what you are talking about before you open your mouth. The next time you accidentally stumble onto some actual Art, before you attribute it to some nutball's mental unstability, please remember this: It's not the painter's job to explain the color green to somebody who has his eyes closed.