Re: Try listening to the real ideas and ignore vitriolic attacks

Very good example, Cec, of being guilty yourself of what you descry in
others. You should have quoted posts and shown us how they had no
content :).

Jim

Cecilia Baader wrote:

>--- John Omlor wrote:
>
>
>>Again, I a more than willing to approach the subject in a detailed and
>>careful and responsible way, through patient reading, once the time and
>>my own schedule permit it, if enough readers are interested.
>>
>>
>
>To this I must say: finally.
>
>Now, I'm not going to be the first one to run around here half-naked
>screaming "Salinger, Salinger," but neither am I terribly impressed by the
>theoretical threads of late.
>
>I suppose it all comes down to one thing, the first thing I teach my
>freshmen (okay, possibly not the first, because I *do* have to begin the
>year with that whole "please put your name on the top of your paper"
>business), but I'd think that everyone around here is so in love with the
>turn of a good phrase that they've forgotten to include any *substance* in
>their posts.
>
>Theorize away, but back up what you've got to say with links to original
>documents or quoting from them. Give me something to read so I can decide
>if I think you're right. I haven't read the same books you have, you see.
> And for me to understand where you're coming from, you need to offer me
>proof. It's simply good writing.
>
>Otherwise, as far as I am concerned, you're all just taking potshots at
>each other from your ivory towers. Problem is, they're all exploding
>midair, making a pretty show but very little else. Fireworks.
>
>Honestly, if my freshmen handed in half of these papers, I'd hand them
>back with a nice red "What, precisely, is your argument?" after the first
>paragraph. And after four or five more paragraphs, I'd write another
>nice, equally red "Where, precisely, is your support?"
>
>As far as I can see, on the part of most of our bananatheorists, the
>argument is "I'm smarter than you."
>
>I remain unconvinced.
>
>Best,
>Cecilia.
>
>
>
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