I'll speak for myself when I say that there is no subject or object considered taboo in "my" America... but there are *places for "this" discussion... and this ain't it. I'm sure there is an anthropological site somewhere that would love to hear from you ... and as to openly confronting issues, I have to agree with the *openly part, but not necessarily the *confrontational part.

In an attempt to *circulate... tsuwm, do you have a record of the earliest occurrence of ***-mania? More specifically, was "Beatlemania" created by 'mericans or 'glanders? (I mean, the word!)

moss... welcome to the big "rolling stone".