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Sep. 3rd, 2003 01:03 pm-It is stupid to complain about how the other side of a debate thread is telling you that you're reading the books wrong or telling you how you should read them. If positions are being defended rather than explored, of course either side thinks the other is reading the books wrong. Pointing it out is superfluous. Being offended by it is, again, stupid.
-It is even more stupid if the other side of a debate does the above, and you proceed to deny it. PLEASE STOP. Of course you're saying they're reading the books wrong. That's the point.
-If your side of the debate insists on making claims that assorted characters and viewpoints are morally reprehensible and thereby making similar accusations about the other side for viewing the situation differently, then having delivered such insults, please refrain from whining quite so constantly about whether those who challenge your views are nice enough to you.
-If one side of a debate seems to contain a remarkably higher number of posts that suffer from the poster's difficulties with the language in which the books are written, does this tell us anything?
-It is even more stupid if the other side of a debate does the above, and you proceed to deny it. PLEASE STOP. Of course you're saying they're reading the books wrong. That's the point.
-If your side of the debate insists on making claims that assorted characters and viewpoints are morally reprehensible and thereby making similar accusations about the other side for viewing the situation differently, then having delivered such insults, please refrain from whining quite so constantly about whether those who challenge your views are nice enough to you.
-If one side of a debate seems to contain a remarkably higher number of posts that suffer from the poster's difficulties with the language in which the books are written, does this tell us anything?
