[bit.listserv.gaynet] whitebread

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