Steve Kilbane wrote
Jenny wrote:
Good. Progess at last. A statement must be justified.
Well, actually, we had *that* particular argument a few months back, and it got rather unpleasant. :-)
Yes. Ever wondered why?
If I say something that cannot be justified, then you have the right to attack that
statement
and show where I have gone wrong. If I think you are right then I will
ajust
that statement.
Therein lies much of the argument here. You've got to be persuaded before you change your point of view.
That's true.
If you disagree about the evidence, you're
unlikely to be convinced.
Not at all. You bring consistent evidence to support a conclusion, then I will consider it very carefully.
As for evidence...
But what we are implicitly accepting here is that there is an actual "truth".
You might. I don't,
You do with Shakespeare.
for the reasons stated in an earlier post on
dramatic productions. Elements of interpretation and interpolation become necessary, but they should be recognised as such.
They also have to have a bearing on the text.
It can also be extremely boring, especially when they start running
about
like chickens with their heads cut off if someone says something that contradicts their own personal fanons. "How dare you say that about
Avon.
I'm leaving the lyst. Blub, blub."
Don't recall that many people have left because of this kind of thing. It seems more to be because of how people said it; comments ceased to be about the series, and became about posters.
Go back and look at it again. The entire fight was over interpretation. Some people just don't like having their fanons challenged.
Jenny
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