--- Ashton7@aol.com wrote:
It is the apparent insistence that anyone else who dares to join in the conversation must be willing to submit to "grading" and being told they must "make a case" as if they are in a court of law that I find silly.
I think you're being disengenuous Annie. All that's been said is that an opinion on 'art' (using the term in its loosest sense, 'art as artifice') needs to be backed up. Fan discussions, as discusiions of artifacts are closer to Lit. Crit than any other form of expression, hence the falling back on the rules/ideology of criticism as providing a framework.
aren't allowed to give their opinion on the series or make a comment on a thread unless they can submit an essay on the subject, that's they're own business. For myself, I find that kind of pomposity deadly dull.
If I said "I think 'The Web' is quite simply dreadful' you'd expect me to justify that opinion. And quite right too. It is only this kind of opinion > counter opinion > evidence > counter evidence exchange which is being suggested. Largely of course, because there's no other way to run a discussion.
Make a point, then back it up.
It's called conversation.
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