> the main reason
>being that no matter how good a definition is,
someone can blow cannon
>sized holes through it - witness Jim D's definitions
of HB & noir, which
>I thought were as succinct & as useful as any
others I've seen, if not
>more so and yet look at the way the debate about
these definitions
>refuses to die.
The reason must be that the debate is useful because it
clarifies our ideas about...Jack Frost, say. There are always
more books, there is always more to sort out.
MM
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