At 1:01 PM -0500 12/26/01, Liebig, Steuart A. wrote: >** last week there was an interesting piece on npr about the >pejorative that is now placed on the word "amateur" and the american >preoccupation with being "professional" and the fact that making >money doing one's "art" somehow confers some sort of validation on >artistic endeavour. "Amateur" traditionally meant "one who does something for the love of it" as opposed to the secular meaning of "professional" as "one who does something for gain." The term "professional" has become so debased that whenever I see a product named with the prefix "pro" I automatically assume it is inferior. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz