On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:51:07 +0100, Ross Balmer wrote:
quoted 6 lines From: <edhall@weirdnoise.com>
>From: <edhall@weirdnoise.com>
>> Describe it any way that seems suitable, but calling it a "bad release"
>> or "garbage" crosses the line into telling other people what they should
>> think of it.
>
>But that I agree with totally
but reviews are inherently subjective. this has been covered
already. who doesn't know this? do i have to put smileys and "IMHO"
after every damn thing i type now? if i call something "bad" and
"garbage" isn't it obvious that that's only what i think?
if i said "this is objectively a bad release with no technical skills
or merit, the artist should be lynched, no one should buy it, and
people who even have an mp3 of it should be given severe wedgies" --
then i might agree with you that i was telling other people what they
should think.
but if i say "this is bad and garbage" ... um, i didn't tell anyone
anything except what _i_ think.
-adam
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