This, MtheGM, is exactly what I was talking about. You're being absolutely tedious!

Stop and think--why does this silly point drive you to such excesses? Doctors, Lawyers, and Business executives have never cared about it--if they had, they would have made themselves heard long ago.

Assuming that they are in fact accused of being ticky-tacky, they are accused, as a class, of many many more terrible things on a daily basis. Also, it is hardly a libelous accusation. Mediocrity, as a great writer once said, is not a major sin.

You had the good fortune to speak with Ms. Reynolds about it, though have not chosen to share how she responded to you.

Most of us never have a chance to air our grievances face -to-face in that manner, and, since that, which must have occurred at least forty years ago, did not satisfy you, you should come to terms with the fact that you will never find satisfaction on this point.

Furthermore, since you have invested your self so deeply in this issue, a further outrage awaits you. The fact is that this song is enjoying a sweeping revival. Many new recordings have been made(more, in fact, than there were when it was initially popular)--so history has taken it under its wing, and it has been embraced by new generations--

And before leaving, I will suggest one last time that, in making and defending your point, you have made characterizations that are far more offensive than the one that you
objected to, and that, not your opinion, is what we are talking about here.