Quote Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt
If someone reads Dante and Ralph Waldo Emerson, then of course his taste is superior to someone who reads kitsch. Call it arrogance if you like, but the same thing applies to all fields.
I do call it arrogance.
It's simply a question of supposed superiority , it's one of the worst forms of snobbery.

Do you know how to repair a washing machine ?
If you don't then by that can we assume that anyone that can is more intelligent than you are ?

Is punk with it's simplistic lyrics and easy to play tunes without merit ?
I think not , punk is a social and political library of how society viewed many of the issues of thier day.

Satire manifests itself in cartoon form ,, does that mean that because cartoons are viewed as mainly for children that adults have nothing to gain from them ?

It's human to need to believe that one is in some way superior , yet when all is weighed and measured it is often found that it is not others who fall short but ourselves..
psychocat Reviewed by psychocat on . How subjective is music, really? People always say everything's a matter of taste, and that's true for what people should listen to/read, etc....as far as actual quality, though, you can't really say it doesn't matter if you prefer Shakespeare or Danielle Steele. Same as music, I think...can everyone's tastes really be respected if some prefer MTV trash to the works of, say, Hendrix or Bob Dylan? Just a thought. Rating: 5