Miker,
Re your comment below:
> The idea that my usage is dismissive is correct in
as
> much as calling Einstein a genius is being
dismissive
> of other people.
Bad analogy. Calling Einstein a genius in the arena of
science is no more dismissive of "other people" then calling
Shakespeare a genius in the arena of stage drama is
dismissive of other people. It's merely an objective
recognition of genius.
On the other hand, saying that only nuclear physics is "real"
science but chemistry, biology, astronomy, etc., are not; or
that only Elizabethan tragedy is "real" drama but
contemporary screenplays are not, would be dismissive in the
same sense that saying "literature" is something other than
genre fiction, and particularly something other than
phenomenally successful genre fiction by unpretentious,
blue-collar guys with political views that are out of favor
in the Academy.
JIM DOHERTY
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