[a fool in paradise]

But SOMEONE or some group HAS to be the arbitor of public taste when it comes to something like this.

History isn't about "public taste".

Should Ben Franklin be written out of the history books because he "never was elected president"?

If we leave "history" to "personal/public" bias, then you can already predict how partisan academics will mark the history of the Reagan years.

This Hall is the canon of "what IS rock". Or at least purports to be.

[70times7]

"arbitor of public taste" was your choice of words. Now you actually want to debate their use?! Go argue in asinine circles w/ someone else.