There isn't a should or a shouldn't there is only an is and an isn't. Tim A. On 12 Mar 2010, at 14:08, Gerald Schwartz wrote: > Taking a page from David Hilbert's well-known list of 23 "Paris > Problems" (1900), and, likewise, > hoping to see solutions in this new century, I've formulated a list > of questions, which of course > there is not the slightest connection between Hilbert's list of > problems and this line of questioning. > > Not to mention the fact that many of my questions may contain the > answers simply in the asking. > > Question # 1: > > Should any current poet be judged against only the very best works > of the past? > > G. E. Schwartz