Yes, the Chriton/Chrichton issue is a rather careless error on my part. I suppose that makes the entire argument rather ridiculous. It reminds me of an essay I wrote in 6th grade on Lindbergh in which I wrote "piotot" every time I meant "pilot." In reading the rough-draft my dad just kept laughing. So, in short, I'm a horrible speller and spell check is a fair-weather helper.
As for sighting Wikipedia, I again whole-heartedly agree. Using Wikipedia as a source is rather irresponsible. The reason I sighted Wikipedia for that point instead of putting it to common knowledge or some other source is that I used some similar vocabulary in describing the plot. In hindsight, I should have made this clearer by using quotation marks, but all I can say now is "whoops."
I also agree with you as to the Rory point. Though I greatly appreciated the support and also caught a few giggles in there, I agree that the point about not having seen the movie was a bit hypocritical. I appreciate the support, but, I should admit, do have a bad taste for the personal attacks.
As for the touchier subject of the place of a comment in a LiveJournal, I beg to differ that it is a public forum. I suppose, in order to best make this argument, I should make my journal friends-only, but I choose not to in order that friends and aquaintances can better find me on LiveJournal and become my "friend" there. I still hold that anything that I post on my Journal is, as in any other journal, a private affair between me and the page (or, er, um, screen.) This sounds silly, given that the very nature of LiveJournal is to share one's thoughts, but there is a fine line between a chat room and an online journal.
I hope that all of this isn't to pompous or over-analytical, but I think it's important to be serious on some issues and to lay clear ground rules on others. I am not against a friend commenting on my journal that I am wrong, however, I feel that comments are, to an affect, extending the original entry. For this reason, I find it appropriate to move any further debate elsewhere.
Thank you for reading all of this. I realize it's all rather long-winded (especially getting through the LiveJournal discussion), but I appreciate the fact that you respect my passion on the subject. Real, open discussion is a marvelous aspect of a democratic society and free speech, so in short, this is all fucking awesome (and the FCC can't catch me!)
Yes, the Chriton/Chrichton issue is a rather careless error on my part. I suppose that makes the entire argument rather ridiculous. It reminds me of an essay I wrote in 6th grade on Lindbergh in which I wrote "piotot" every time I meant "pilot." In reading the rough-draft my dad just kept laughing. So, in short, I'm a horrible speller and spell check is a fair-weather helper.
As for sighting Wikipedia, I again whole-heartedly agree. Using Wikipedia as a source is rather irresponsible. The reason I sighted Wikipedia for that point instead of putting it to common knowledge or some other source is that I used some similar vocabulary in describing the plot. In hindsight, I should have made this clearer by using quotation marks, but all I can say now is "whoops."
I also agree with you as to the Rory point. Though I greatly appreciated the support and also caught a few giggles in there, I agree that the point about not having seen the movie was a bit hypocritical. I appreciate the support, but, I should admit, do have a bad taste for the personal attacks.
As for the touchier subject of the place of a comment in a LiveJournal, I beg to differ that it is a public forum. I suppose, in order to best make this argument, I should make my journal friends-only, but I choose not to in order that friends and aquaintances can better find me on LiveJournal and become my "friend" there. I still hold that anything that I post on my Journal is, as in any other journal, a private affair between me and the page (or, er, um, screen.) This sounds silly, given that the very nature of LiveJournal is to share one's thoughts, but there is a fine line between a chat room and an online journal.
I hope that all of this isn't to pompous or over-analytical, but I think it's important to be serious on some issues and to lay clear ground rules on others. I am not against a friend commenting on my journal that I am wrong, however, I feel that comments are, to an affect, extending the original entry. For this reason, I find it appropriate to move any further debate elsewhere.
Thank you for reading all of this. I realize it's all rather long-winded (especially getting through the LiveJournal discussion), but I appreciate the fact that you respect my passion on the subject. Real, open discussion is a marvelous aspect of a democratic society and free speech, so in short, this is all fucking awesome (and the FCC can't catch me!)
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