As my old profs used to point out, etymologically speaking "radical" connotes "rootedness" -- perhaps that's the meaning Zorny is aiming for?

Yes, but one must be careful with ethimology, considering how fast language changes and evolves. At least where I live, "Genocide" is now called "ethnic cleaning" and "domestic violence" has become "genre violence" (can you imagine?). Those connotations of "rootedness" could no longer be valid and language seems have a tendency to soften. Furthermore, if the series are supposed to mean a departure from the traditional roots in order to create something new (pretty questionable, of course), we should dismiss that possibility. When I mentioned "purity" to Dave Douglas, he interrupted me in the blink of an eye, when I actually consider that term quite similar to "radical". If purity is negative, first thing that comes to my mind when I think of "radical" is intransigence. Best, Efrén del Valle _______________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Nueva versión: Webcam, voz, y mucho más ¡Gratis! Descárgalo ya desde http://messenger.yahoo.es