With respect, Candice, no.
Frederick didn't say "there is a difference between poetry and..."
He said "There is
a difference between poetry and smug, self-righteous, predictable,
rhetorical preaching to the converted."
Sounds like a binary to me.
There are other possibilities; but they are implicitly denied here,
insultingly. To "merely" say "smug, self-righteous, predictable" is to say a
lot
There are other implicit binaries.
By all means let's articulate, but not like an articulated lorry which moves
and functions predictably
There is a difference between criticism and dismissive insult
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Candice Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 23 October 2001 04:32
Subject: Re: Poem
| With respect, Lawrence, isn't this your "false binary"? Fred merely said
| "there is a difference between poetry and...," which is surely what we're
| here to articulate.
|
| Candice
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|
| > But it wasn't smug. Poetry vs smug rhetoric is a false binary. Binaries
| > nearly always are false. It wasn't smug; it was losing control. It's a
risk
| > worth taking
| >
| > L
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