>Also, no, I didn't miss the rest of the thread, my eyes do still sort
>of work, but to me it came off as being dismissive of the concept of
>criticism. I should have looked at it deeper, and for not doing so I
>apologise, but that sort of thing gets my back up like nobody's
>business and the red mist did rather descend.

The ironic thing is that I am, as a general rule, dismissive of the Concept of Criticism, at least when it's treated like some kind of formal intellectual discipline or social science. Dressing the act of explaining why you did or didn't like something up as a Serious Cerebral Exercise is, with few exceptions, a kind of pretension that I don't have a lot of time for.

On the other hand, in this case I was in fact explaining my reactions to things, not - as you seemed to be taking vehement personal offense to - simply saying they were bad; so it was a bit baffling to suddenly have teeth in my neck about it. Like being arrested for a crime you considered but then didn't commit. :)

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