tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post937094565818492717..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Red FlashTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-41748405433220397222017-01-09T16:30:28.744+01:002017-01-09T16:30:28.744+01:00Well, I don't think referencing and quoting so...Well, I don't think referencing and quoting someone means you necessarily respect them or their opinion/position. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-25730745464881871282017-01-09T01:05:02.041+01:002017-01-09T01:05:02.041+01:00My comment was a general comment, not directed at ...My comment was a general comment, not directed at your comment in particular. But to reference him at all is to really show a kind of deference to him as a person entitled to be quoted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-50159070718153736752017-01-07T12:08:43.306+01:002017-01-07T12:08:43.306+01:00Are you sure my comment fit the pattern? Because m...Are you sure my comment fit the pattern? Because my references to Symons are never really respectful. I'm always surprised people, who actually know what they're talking about, treat him with any kind of deference. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-14600889488236020732017-01-07T05:54:19.795+01:002017-01-07T05:54:19.795+01:00I have noted a recurrent pattern when Symons's...I have noted a recurrent pattern when Symons's book is referred to on these blogs: There is a respectful mention of the book and then a total disagreement with his critical judgment on a particular book or author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-82396990859325773282017-01-06T22:17:54.900+01:002017-01-06T22:17:54.900+01:00Its been a while since I read the Freeman one (201...Its been a while since I read the Freeman one (2011!), but I would say they're pretty evenly matched.<br /><br />Freeman's plot was, if memory serves me correctly, simpler in nature, but it came with some truly funny commentary on modern art. Showing how wrong Symons was when he claimed reading Freeman was like chewing dry straw. <br /><br />So, no, I don't have a real preference for one or the other. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-52519509551525048582017-01-06T21:55:50.292+01:002017-01-06T21:55:50.292+01:00Did you have a preference as between the Armstrong...Did you have a preference as between the Armstrong book and the Freeman book?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com