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> acoustic, and the piano a bastardization of the harpsichord, etc... I'm
> wondering when people will grow beyond their insecurities enough to accept
> that music is music no matter how it's made.

Probably never. The social grouping effect of music and its ability to act
as a symbol of ones identity are too strong for this to ever go away.
Elitism is here to stay, the best we can do if we don't like it is to be
elitist and intolerant of the intolerance ;)

--mikes