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I realize that they are not definitive in an absolute sense, but I don't think it's quite accurate to say that we are having this discussion because of that.
They are definitive in the sense of what we all understood when they were created, but have since forgotten. This is what disturbs me.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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