Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:36:43 -0800, Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net> wrote: > >>and how then to explain the fact that many other educated and >>informed people find value in her work? > >"De gustibus non disputandum est", I guessed. It's that old strokes and folks >thing. Does the fact that different people value (and denigrate) different >things come as some kind of surprise? > >Paul paul, the fact that different people value different things comes as no surprise. on the other hand, the fact that educated and informed people - like us here on the lug - denigrate different things and other people holding different opinions without offering anything more than a dismissive comment *is* surprising. where is all that eduction and information going? in a comment like "that's shit," it's clearly not going very far. come on you denigraters and gustibus disputandumers - offer some real criticism and start a dialogue rather than simply proffer sophomoric one-liners that tell us nothing about the subject at hand, be it black tape or cindy f****** sherman. we all stand to learn something. guy