Karin Montin wrote:
>>To me, there's a big difference between
saying
something's shit (especially to someone who actually likes
the thing in question), and saying you don't care for it and
why. Others apparently see no difference at
all.<<
"shit" was my own word, in summing up what a critic is saying
about a book when he writes a damning
(well-argued or otherwise) piece:
>But in writing a damning piece, a critic is
not
>necessarily denying the right of others to enjoy
the
>subject. He's just saying the subject is
shit.
Maybe I should have said "He is just saying he thinks the
subject is bad."
But, really, is there a difference? Or are we talking
semantics here?
Charlie Williams.
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