humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

"William Black" wrote in message
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> So you're saying that Ben Jonson, about whom there is absolutely no doubt at all with regards
> to identity or the provenance of his works, is a liar for no very good reason?

Where does he lie?

But 'lying' is irrelevant. Do you
lie when you tell your young
children about Santa Claus and
the Tooth Fairy?

Do you lie when you tell some fool
that you spent the summer helping
your Swiss relatives with their
annual spaghetti harvest?

Those who believed that 'Will
Shake-speare' was a real name, had
no conception of the nature of
English literature, were completely
unfamiliar with Elizabethan punning,
and were the sorts of ignoramuses
who would believe almost anything.

> Occam's razor says you're wrong.

Occam's razor says that you are
a profound fool who would believe
in almost anything.


Paul.