From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2001 - 12:56:31 MDT
Brian Atkins wrote:
> _The_ market must be fed what it wants...
[emphasis mine]
The use of the definite article feeds the tendency.
Female bowerbirds want longer tails on the males.
Bigger boobjobs on the heroines and bigger explosions
behind the heroes have been, until recently, what
certain bowerbirds in the movie-watching populus want.
Mutants need their own markets.
-- My moronic mnemonic for smart behavior: "DICKS" == diplomacy, integrity, courage, kindness, skepticism.
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