--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "nephelococcygia"
<dthorsle_at_u...> wrote:
> The only way there will be no argument is if qb becomes
> nothing more than a quasi-intellectual circle-jerk closed to new
> blood and new ideas.
Becomes? We're talking about the pastime where personal
self-worth is often equated with the number of Danish
philoligists one knows. I think that ship has sailed.
(OK, things may not be that bad, but if I were starting out and only
had this group to go off of, I'd go running screaming into the night
and leave the trivia to watching Jeopardy.)
Mark