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Re: What is a "review"?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 02:16:20 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin writes:
> > But they all seem to imply some familiarity with and experience of the
> > subject being reviewed.
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> Allan seems to be reasonably familiar with lego stuff. You would contest
> this point?
No, but it's not relevant. What is relevant is his familiarity with Jack Stone.
> > No, it could be considered to comprise of reviews of *pictures* of the sets.
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> Can you review a sculpture without sculpting it yourself? Can you review a
> painting without painting it yourself?
The answers to these are "yes". Yet...
Can you review a movie without watching it yourself?
Can you review a book without reading it yourself?
Can you review a meal without eating it yourself?
Can you review a boardgame without playing it yourself?
Yet... the answers to these are clearly "no".
So perhaps the question becomes is building a set more like these activities
than the purely viewing-ish types you chose?
I would tend to say yes, it is. It's an experiential thing.
But the point is moot, I think. Allan has already agreed to change.
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| (...) Allan's familiartity with other lego sets and elements is absolutely relevant, how could it be otherwise? That fact is practically the soul of his reviews. As to his familiarity with Jack Stoned, I'll concede his methods might have been more (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Allan seems to be reasonably familiar with lego stuff. You would contest this point? (...) Can you review a sculpture without sculpting it yourself? Can you review a painting without painting it yourself? Absent the activity of sculpting and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)
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