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Re: Reality == fiction?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 8 Nov 2000 11:23:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Josh Spaulding writes:
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> > A person who is unable to comprehend irony, and requires instances of satire
> > to be labeled to facilitate their own understanding, lacks the degree of
> > interpretive sophistication that I would expect from a High School student.
> > ----------------------------
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> Fair enough. I agree with the above.
Actually, I do to. But that "re-phrasing" isn't what he implied before. He
suggested that "these" (the concepts under discussion) were jr. high level
ideas and that we ought to simply agree with his obvious conclusion. That is
a horse of a completely different color.
> Clearly, some 8 year olds (not even mine, smarter than average that he is)
> don't have that sophistication.
Often, smarter <> more emotionally sophisticated.
> what, if anything, should be done?
> my thinking about what we should do... is: "nothing". This isn't a big
> "problem", and there is no "solution" that is better than the problem.
I disagree, but only slightly. Before this all started, I would have said
"nothing" too. Now I think the appropriate thing to have done was to start a
dialog about it and help to flesh out some ideas.
> So was this entire discussion a waste of time so far? I don't think so. I
> hope not. I've learned stuff, I hope other people have too. Is it over? I
> don't think so, I think there are still interesting things to discuss.
Oh wait, it sounds like you agree. It's a big complex issue, and like most
issues, the solution isn't to regulate, but to talk about it. I would still
urge artists of all kinds to consider their message and potential audience.
Chris
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| (...) If you'll go back to my original post (URL) , you'll see that I was reacting to Larry's statement: (...) Since satire and irony are such powerful, long-standing staples of our cultural dialogue, I rejected Larry's statement, and asked him to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Fair enough. I agree with the above. Clearly, some 8 year olds (not even mine, smarter than average that he is) don't have that sophistication. I'm sure we'd all agree with that as well. Taking that into account, and taking the relative (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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