> > >Reception is up to the recipient. Creation is the prerogative of the > > >deliverer. > > > > Balderdash! Creation may be the perogative of the deliverer, but if the > > deliverer has any interest in having his creation appreciated, he damned > > well better take the receiver into consideration, else he might > > as well be crying poetry to the wind. > > > >So he cares so much about the message that he takes the receiver into >consideration when composing ? If he is interest in having it receive, he does. An author who does not take his audience into consideration quickly finds himself without one (expecting acts of serendipity and genius, of course). >Again, the delivery, while important, >is not AS important as the message itself. I am not sure where you are drawing the distinction between the two. I am taking "delivery" to refer to the composition of the message, thus integral to the message. How are you defining the two? _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail