tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post7000979701334207516..comments2024-01-15T05:26:06.518+00:00Comments on THOUGHTS OF XANADU: Dilletantism And BloggingKubla Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-63661185420283684142011-12-22T11:33:59.359+00:002011-12-22T11:33:59.359+00:00i enjoyed reading this ,but i find the ,"if y...i enjoyed reading this ,but i find the ,"if you don't like it , don't read it " point redundant, if i don't want to eat somewhere i wont , but if most of the restaurants in town sell terrible food , maybe i'll just stop eating out altogether,and never find the good one .And if all the public "wants"(i would say has been conditioned to appreciate) is fast food, should it be treated as equal to great cooking ? what happens to nutrition then ? Why cannot a good chief give others tips ? of course what is good and bad is partially subjective (duh) but if there were no such thing as truth , then it wouldn't be true that there wasn't.Mistake this for snobbery if you like , but you can keep your dan brown and i'll keep my shakespeare, and if we did a brain scan as each of us read , which do you think would stimulate the intelligence more ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-69502145460046774912007-07-31T15:27:00.000+01:002007-07-31T15:27:00.000+01:00I don't understand this need for judgment and eval...I don't understand this need for judgment and evaluation. Nobody is encroaching on anyone's space. Unlike say TV or newspaper, blogs don't automatically feed you with some crap. you read a blog because you explicitly choose to click that one link among many others. And it doesnt take much effort to close that one window and move to something else perhaps more worthwhile on the internet too. <BR/><BR/>We should welcome it for the freedom it brings both to the readers and writers.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-55127244695213618132007-07-31T07:08:00.000+01:002007-07-31T07:08:00.000+01:00Hi, Im from Melbourne Australia.Please check out t...Hi, Im from Melbourne Australia.<BR/>Please check out these unique references on Art,Literature and everything else.<BR/><BR/>1. www.adidabiennale.org<BR/>2. www.mummerybook.org<BR/>3. www.kneeoflistening.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-90353175541242012007-07-30T22:43:00.000+01:002007-07-30T22:43:00.000+01:00I think that you have not realized the main thrust...I think that you have not realized the main thrust of either my post or the blog i quoted. Believing in someones judgement is allright, writing sense, and not like a charlatan is the writers.<BR/>Anyone can read what he or she prefers, but a certain introspection on the writers part is needed too.<BR/>YOUR....dont like it, dont read it sounds a bit kneejerk and profoundly impulsive.<BR/>Reading brings an introspection, a calm philosophy, pure pragmatic reading, for the heck of it, does not exist.<BR/>Just discussing this, you see.<BR/>ciao.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-60719007773932897652007-07-30T18:10:00.000+01:002007-07-30T18:10:00.000+01:00I never understand what makes people so jittery ab...I never understand what makes people so jittery about blogging. surely, you should believe in readers' judgments too. Let him read whatever he prefers to.<BR/><BR/>It is not like something that you subscribe to or force fed. Don't like it, then don't read it.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.com