Michael C, I’ve often admired your robust pronouncements, but this time I have to say you’ve been unfair to Jason and any of the rest of us who think craft issues are sometimes worth a bit of discussion. If a given topic isn’t worth your time to discuss, why spend your time crapping on it for those who think otherwise?
If your objection is to all craft or “theory” discussion in general, why single out this thread? Why no similar comments from you on the “West Chester Reviews and Gossip” thread, for example? That concerns a conference (which only a tiny fraction of us were able to attend) where, among other things, craft matters and “theory” were discussed — no doubt including prosody issues involving scansion.
To be quite clear, I’m very far from objecting to the West Chester thread — just wondering why you singled out Jason’s thread (which he was invited to start) as a place to argue that everything but actual writing is a waste of time.
Henry
[This message has been edited by Henry Quince (edited June 14, 2006).]
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