I must side with J. Berkley who sides with M. There are many simple methods of saying complex things: E=mc2 is about as simple as it gets-- but woe betide the one who tries to explain it without jargon.... Jargon in and of itself is value free; it is, as was pointed out, a shorthand by which one signifies larger and more complex concepts and constructs. Jargon used to make others feel less than what they are is snobbery; jargon used to identify and summarize relatively non-controversial, agreed-upon conventions concerning given phenomena is economical, plain _and_ simple. In brevity, Jim Barnes Office of Information Technology (unfortunately not jargon-free) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill