Does it mean I'm closed minded because I choose to change the channel if he pops up with a public service ad telling me again?
you assume you know what he's going to tell you, but you have no idea what information he has to relay if you tune him out
You know, I thought this before but was giving you the benefit of the doubt. But after reading your replies to Don and my latest posts I'm certain. You just refuse to back down. You just can't say "yeah, all right, I see what you're saying" and let that be the end of it. This isn't even a matter of losing a debate, the whole point I got involved is because I think you were misunderstanding things. This discussion was about two, well three things really: - Dan's use of the word TAKE which you seemed to only take literally instead of figuratively - Your comment that it's the artist's job to "speak out" when really art is about self expression - Your criticism of Dan, I think, because he said he chooses to be entertained by an artist such as a musical one. You said something like how patetic it was for him to need to be entertained by someone. I feel all these points have been clarified, and I think you understood them all as well, but now you're choosing to make what I used as a closing punchline (telling Babs to shut the hell up) as showing how closed minded I am. You are just insistant on carrying this on and refusing to let it drop. At every crossroads you need to make a decision on which way to go. To listen to you a person would never choose left or right because he's spending too much time listening to the pro and con arguements in the off chance someone might say something new. So really, by your insistant on carrying on this discussion into a whole 'noth er neighborhood, and refusing to concede any point, who's the one being closed minded here? -paul