Re: CHAT: Unsolicited abuse
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 12, 1999, 19:31 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > And no less "non-utilitarian" either. What "practical" use is there for
> > music or fiction-writing?
>
> Ah, but there's money in those. Or at least there can be. That
> makes "practical" people grudgingly tolerate them.
Not only money, John, but public acclaim, which is almost moreimportant. As
Tolkien said, inventing a language can't win you
any prizes.
Sally