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   From: bornfeldmung@dentaltwins.com   
      
   j_nscott@msn.com wrote:   
      
   > Hi JC,   
   >   
   > Dictionary.com includes "Something that... pleases..." as part of the   
   > definition of entertainment, and "the production of the beautiful" as   
   > part of the definition of art. Is there a difference? Imo no.   
   >   
   > Traditionally, many people in the upper classes have viewed the   
   > subjective aesthetic interests of the upper classes as somehow   
   > implicitly better than the subjective aesthetic interests of the lower   
   > classes, and that's how the nonsensical idea that "art" is implicitly   
   > better than and and in a different class from "entertainment" has been   
   > maintained over the centuries, by snobs.   
   >   
   > Joseph Scott   
   >   
      
   	I expect to see Page 6 of the NY Post discussed in art history classes   
   any time now.   
      
   Steve   
      
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