dagblog - Comments for "Race, liberty and Ron Paul"

just about everybody is not

Verified Atheist — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:10:23 +0000

just about everybody is not writing masterpieces, whether it be blogs or comments, whether here or across the blogosphere.

I sure am glad you qualified that with "just about", because for a second there I thought maybe you were suggesting that I write anything but.

well - as it might be

Elusive Trope — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:46:04 +0000

In reply to Alas, too subtle and too

well - as it might be apparent, I made the mistake of thinking you comment was from NCD.

I would admit that my proclivity is to use more words than less words. But I do find it intriguing that it seems at times it is my writing approach people feel compelled to critique when, lets face it, just about everybody is not writing masterpieces, whether it be blogs or comments, whether here or across the blogosphere.

Believe it or not, I have been through a writing program, and have gone through my share of workshops, having my writing torn apart along with everyone else. So, I am aware of numerous things with everything I write where, if I spent the time, I could tweak or eliminate or etc. to make it better. But my intent at this time leads me not to go that distance. Maybe I should. That I don't is my choice.

What does sort of get in my craw is when people seem to be making some hyperbolic snide remark about my writing or anyone else's which is motivated by a difference in opinion. In other words, they don't make the same comments to those with whom they are seeing eye to eye on an issue. In these cases, all is forgiven, and even celebrated as part of the idiosyncrasies and diversity of personalities on the web.

Well, now I will get off the soapbox (for now).

Alas, too subtle and too

jollyroger — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:59:51 +0000

In reply to There is a difference between

Alas, too subtle and too specific by half.

I was only privy to NCD's crack, and your rejoinder, and had thought by the use of "oeuvre" to embrace the concept of your wider postings, not the specific arguments to which NCD's rejoinder were directed.

I had not read them. (possibly as an artifact of my famously-almost-managed-by-aggressive-amphetamine-treatment A.D.D., I generally eschew long paragraphs--I'll read any length of post, mind you, but not big paragraphs...)

Font size, also...

jollyroger — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:54:48 +0000

In reply to But you are less nomadic than

Font size, also...

But you are less nomadic than

jollyroger — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:54:14 +0000

In reply to I took only the "libr" part

But you are less nomadic than I.

I took only the "libr" part

jollyroger — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:53:41 +0000

In reply to Don't carry the literal

I took only the "libr" part for fact, and correctly inferred that you are a fan of legacy media.

I have cut myself loose from the cartons and the twine that are the lot of those who consort with paper and bindings.

Don't carry the literal

artappraiser — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:51:25 +0000

In reply to library Surely you mean

Don't carry the literal meaning of my usage too far. While the mountains of books are real, they do not have a room of their own, that part of the meaning was virtual. Not that they don't threaten to take over every single room in the house. So far the stairs are still free of them, but not the little garage. Matter of fact, if I do get inspired to read that book, it might take me a good half hour to find it.

There is a difference between

Elusive Trope — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:42:43 +0000

In reply to bumper stickerese Trope,

There is a difference between tightening up one's writing - and, yes, if I spent doing two or three drafts for my comments before posting, I probably could tighten it up. Of course this is just a comment on a comment thread, and I doubt there are many folks here you spend developing their response with that much attention.

I made have written a long comment, in that there were more than two paragraphs. But if one want to show me the excessive redundancy in what I wrote? There are couple different points being made in the comment, so maybe you would prefer that I break this up to into three comments or so. Maybe this why my point eludes you - you were thinking I was attempting to make one large point, rather than a series of points.

Maybe you could point out a particular paragraph in which the point eludes you. This might help me tighten up my verbosity, since from my perspective it seems pretty clear what I was driving at in each paragraph.

Or maybe you just being hyperbolic by saying my point(s) alluded you, and just have something against comments that are longer than than a couple of paragraphs.

Peace,

Trope

people who seem to get

jollyroger — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:31:56 +0000

In reply to This notion as to the

people who seem to get positively excited, almost joyful

The use of "people" shows your good breeding and restraint...

library Surely you mean

jollyroger — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:27:51 +0000

In reply to Thank you for making me feel

library

Surely you mean kindle? Ah, I loves me some an antiquarian...