cf Max Weber and Perry Miller for a compelling
look at our Puritan ancenstry and its legacies,
including the spiritual need to make money combined with
guilt in spending it on "worldly" goods.
As far
as I know, neither ever weighed in the respective
merits of QB formats, or on the merits of the enjoyment
of hearing intelligent people rip each other to
shreds. Probably too close to be
objective....
Juliana Froggatt
affiliated with UC Berkeley's Poli
Sci department, but only marginally and not after
this semester - woo hoo! (also not speaking for them,
etc....)