| From: | Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 10, 1999, 21:28 |
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:> Hmm, a creative activity such as conlanging, which involves looking at > the world in new ways, is "stupid", but an uncreative activity such as > *collecting* stamps is not? Very odd ....The latter affirms and valorizes the status quo. The former presents alternatives, however whimsical and idiosyncratic to the status quo.