(duplicate of message already on qb list)<br>Congratulations to Caltech (Richard Mason, Maribeth Swiatek, Chris Nolte, and Jay Catherwood) for winning BASQUE...
(duplicate of message already on qb list)<br>On Sunday, Berkeley held a mirror event of the 2000 Eric Hillemann Singles Tournament. In an exciting final...
A couple of points of note here - on the "Bight of Benin question" the first identifying pronoun was "this bay," which automatically disqualifies Gulf of ...
OK. I came on a little too strong in my first post. Let me clarify, since I was a little caught up:<br><br>1. I guess I didn't hear "this bay." I'm not ...
Though I had some difficulties last time, I've decided to take another swing at a Rare Entries contest. This time, instead of just films and TV, I've put in a ...
As a participant in the team and individual tournaments in Chicago this past weekend, I thought the writing and editing were excellent. I don't recall hearing...
<<2. I think that rap is denigrating. _One_ rap question is out of the question. It should stay in trash if even that.>><br><br>Why is rap ...
I tend to agree... should we ban all question topics that bother anyone, now? I mean, the poems of Sylvia Plath offend me, so is it cause for complaint when...
>Also, I don't see the distinction between Trash <br>>questions in primarily academic tournaments and <br>>Trash questions in Trash tournaments -- is...
Oh, I see... in other words, the reservations would be centered not around the assumption that rap might be too "trashy" for academic tournaments, but around...
What we have here is someone with handle "Bjorkphan" saying rap is "denigrating."<br><br>I'm not positive, but does this count as irony?<br><br>Edmund...
First, from my experience, this "sizable segment of the population" has dwindled. Most of the people that I know who used to listen to rap listen to something...
>Oh, I see... in other words, the reservations <br>>would be centered not around the assumption that <br>>rap might be too "trashy" for academic ...
Last time I checked, good music vs. bad music was a matter of opinion, not some fixed scale of quality brought down from on high. Regardless of whether one...
I have no problem with rap showing up as part of the trash category at an academic tournament; I'll never get a question on it but if people want to ask ...
Having lived with a brother and a sister, both of whom liked rap, I still do not enjoy the genre, but I think it is a bit too sweeping to declare it not ...
In the words of Cheri Oteri, I think we all need to "Simmer down now!" We shouldn't be discussing this silly thread any longer. I started it and I'm ending it....
Well, despite your pleas and my (perhaps) better judgment, I'm not letting this pass without having a say. I'm deeply disturbed that you would dismiss an...
As a rap and r&b fan (which is why K IMed me and told me I should write), I can say from personal experience that the music is something you can dance to ...
To clarify: I said that it is utterly lacking in musical quality (as are most things on the radio) not that it is not "music" in some sense. Someone who is ...
"First, from my experience, this "sizable segment of the population" has dwindled. Most of the people that I know who used to listen to rap listen to something...
"Have you even read the (deep and poignant) lyrics to some of these songs?"<br><br>Deep and poignant lyrics are a dime a dozen. Even Jewel's songs contain them...
Woah! Kristin, I did my best in my post to avoid being called a racist; I wish you had read it a bit more carefully. There was a reason for my rap+Celine Dion...
I'm getting nauseous just looking at these responses, and yet again, I'm going to have to apologize for what I said, misinterpreted as it was. I've been very ...
I haven't much to say about the whole rap debate. Just that I'm shocked at what it's come to. What started out as a complaint (legitimate or not) about ...
for all those who have a problem with rap and hip-hop (not just you bjorkmaster) stop being so condescending and outright idiotic or im a have to bust a cap in...
Let me try to take a little heat off Jason . . .<br><br>How about something even more controversial but perhaps more meaningful. What do you all think of the ...
First of all, I tend to disagree with the Clinton not being fiscally responsible. Granted is not totally responsible for the economic surge in the US at this...
Nathan,<br><br>My post was not a direct response to your post; rather, it was a direct response to a post by Bjorkphan. Sorry that wasn't clear; I didn't mean...
