I have to come to Mike's defense regarding spelling and syntax here. I doubt whether he would have made the comment had the content been reasonable. Carping about spelling in an otherwise rational post is pedantic. However, in a post as questionable as the one to which he responded, careless spelling can be a sign of something wrong in the reasoning of the matter and one needn't be a "fascist pedant" to note it. I wonder, by the way, whether fascism in pedantry or being permissive in such matters are the only two possible choices. I do not see the correcting of error to be necessarily a fascist activity. Gene Stavis, School of Visual Arts -- NYC ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]