Brendan McKennedy typeth: > >> Anyone who looks to any media for > >> instruction is a fool. > > > >don't know who said this originally, but the statement's a little off. > >to disregard any and all media-- which, as some people have taken it, > >means any public figure, any public work, etc. means you have a really > >narrow starting point for education, on your own or otherwise. > > I'm responsible for the original quote, and I'm a little baffled by it > myself. Maybe I was just having a bad day; more likely I was just plain > wrong. Perhaps a better take on that is Anyone who holds media > responsible for his actions is a fool. actually, now that i'm thinking about it, i think that anyone who looks only to media for instruction is a fool. you need to rely on your own personal experience as well. ~*laura.