01-16-2012, 10:05 PM
"Which was one of points: Pay attention to the content, not the label."
"Which was one of points" Do you mean "Which was one of the points?' Excuse me, I forgot, in your world articles are optional, not to mention sense, logic and reason.
Actually that was not one of your points at all. Your non-point was
"If the writer calls it a poem, it's a poem."
That has nothing to do with content, it has to do with perception.
You are a revisionist Ray. You like to pretend you are the gadfly on society's ass, but you are no Socrates (I know, I knew Socrates). You like to act as though picking the fly shit out the pepper is a worthwhile pursuit.
"Dale: I'm impressed, when you miss the point, you do it so intelligently"
Ray, it's impossible to miss the point since you never made a point. An unsupported statement is not a point. Where is your thesis? Where are your supporting arguments. Oh yeah, I forgot in your world there is no logic.
From your own words Ray, here is your thesis:
"If the writer calls it a poem, it's a poem."
and here is your supporting argument.
I have other criteria for writing that are much more important to me.
OH, yeah! Now I see the clear line of reasoning you are following, sure that makes perfect sense.
And one final coup de grâce
"you jump to the conclusion I have no criteria for the quality of the writing."
Really? And where was that? When were we talking about the quality of writing? What does that have to do with
"If the writer calls it a poem, it's a poem."
because that is the only thing I have been taking about.
OH and BTW - "Newsflash" "Everyone who knows what a poem is has a criteria for what constitutes a good poem!
What makes yours so special?
Oh yes we have your word that,
"I can assure you that my standards are so needlessly severe and cryptic
that even you would be impressed."
Cryptic? Do you even know what that word means?
Oh that's right, you assign your own meaning to a word. The meanings that are important to you.
Just one question Ray, old buddy, old pal, old chum, why should I give a rat's ass what is important to you?
BTW All that I have written here is purely rhetorical! I know it is because I said so, and I am the writer!
---and PS For all you morons that were too stupid to get it, this is also a poem!
Dale
"Which was one of points" Do you mean "Which was one of the points?' Excuse me, I forgot, in your world articles are optional, not to mention sense, logic and reason.
Actually that was not one of your points at all. Your non-point was
"If the writer calls it a poem, it's a poem."
That has nothing to do with content, it has to do with perception.
You are a revisionist Ray. You like to pretend you are the gadfly on society's ass, but you are no Socrates (I know, I knew Socrates). You like to act as though picking the fly shit out the pepper is a worthwhile pursuit.
"Dale: I'm impressed, when you miss the point, you do it so intelligently"
Ray, it's impossible to miss the point since you never made a point. An unsupported statement is not a point. Where is your thesis? Where are your supporting arguments. Oh yeah, I forgot in your world there is no logic.
From your own words Ray, here is your thesis:
"If the writer calls it a poem, it's a poem."
and here is your supporting argument.
I have other criteria for writing that are much more important to me.
OH, yeah! Now I see the clear line of reasoning you are following, sure that makes perfect sense.
And one final coup de grâce
"you jump to the conclusion I have no criteria for the quality of the writing."
Really? And where was that? When were we talking about the quality of writing? What does that have to do with
"If the writer calls it a poem, it's a poem."
because that is the only thing I have been taking about.
OH and BTW - "Newsflash" "Everyone who knows what a poem is has a criteria for what constitutes a good poem!
What makes yours so special?
Oh yes we have your word that,
"I can assure you that my standards are so needlessly severe and cryptic
that even you would be impressed."
Cryptic? Do you even know what that word means?
Oh that's right, you assign your own meaning to a word. The meanings that are important to you.
Just one question Ray, old buddy, old pal, old chum, why should I give a rat's ass what is important to you?
BTW All that I have written here is purely rhetorical! I know it is because I said so, and I am the writer!
---and PS For all you morons that were too stupid to get it, this is also a poem!
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.