From: Patrick van den Berg (cirandar@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 12:37:00 BST
Dear Yale,
It was yours, the article? Then my apologies for my harsh comment at the
beginning at the post about 'the author'. Uhm, let me put it more mildly
what I said: the old Greek philosophers used this dialogue-technique, in
which it was true that the writer assumed rather naieve and 'stupid'
commenters. The technique you used addresses the reader directly, which
has the advantage that it can create a more personal touch, but in many
cases I did't assume the stance you ascribed to your potential readers.
And true, the recurring suggestions about the assumed stance of the
reader kind of irritated me (which left the reader stupid and the author
smart!). Anyhow, your style of writing was original and playful. Thus,
the attempt had DQ, but the it didn't lead (in my humble opinion) to a
static quality-form it potentially could have.
;-)
All the best, Patrick.
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