G9348712%NMSUVM1.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (G a b r i e l) (02/20/90)
Brian, dear: You needn't be in such a snit. What Miss Luti meant to say was that the cultures with which you are unacquainted represent a loss of potential enlightenment for you. Not that you are evil, nasty, biased, et seq., but just that you're missing out. I'm glad that you know so many Indo-Europeans, but don't you think that it would increase your understanding of the world if you knew a language that had to use a periphrasis to create the expression, 'I have,' or 'I am,' as does Hebrew, or one in which the verb 'I wear' is different depending on what it is you are wearing, as it is in Chinese? Chill out, baby. G a b r i e l