--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Not sure what kind of "conditioning" it could be. > > > > I suspect in my case it's that music tends to > > > > completely monopolize my attention; my brain just > > > > finds it inherently more significant than words. > > > > > > > > There may be one element of "conditioning," though, > > > > in that when I *do* manage to really pay attention > > > > to lyrics, in far too many cases it turns out that > > > > they don't seem to have been worth my attention in > > > > the first place. > > > > > > Just FYI, if one felt that way, and as a result > > > never paid attention to the words of songs by, > > > say, Loreena McKennitt, one would have missed > > > lyrics written by Tennyson, Yeats, St. John of > > > the Cross, Sir Walter Scott, Shakespeare, Rumi, > > > Homer and Dante. But none of those guys are > > > probably worth your attention. :-) > > > > You appear to have gotten "in far too many cases" > > confused with "always." > > I doubt it.
Don't doubt it. The two are not equivalent. Intellectual snobs is as intellectual > snobs does. :-) >
