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Valjhun · 31st May 2006, 09:08 AM

Wonderfull thoughts Jim.

I was not partecipating at that closed therad, however I have a thing to add regarding criticism.

Criticism is GREAT! why? 'cos it helps to achieve better and better solutions for the future editions. As long as it is kept on polite and fair level(and it must be) and that is the hard point. What is politeness/fairness? When politeness is a matter of education, culture and manners, fairness is what we bring in heart as individuals. Well, for example, If someone say that Mr. Authorofabadreference is an idiot is unpolite and unfair, if someone says that Mr.Authorofabadreference's book is a piece of crap is unpolite but fair, and finnaly if someone says that Mr.Authorofabadreference is an incompetent 'cos wrote such a book is polite but not fair. When we don't mention the competency of Mr.Authorofabadreference and we concentrate on his book in saying that it is definetly bad, innacurate, overpriced, and without any competence and lack of practical implementation and we support that with strong arguments? Well what is wrong with that? Criticism is GREAT! remember? Maybe some new author (or why not the same author) looking at that criticism will improve his future work. We are living in great times...

Many of us who bought a vlome for 200$ with depixeled photos, bad descriptions, lack of measures, many mistakes, bad atributions, no descriptions at all and advertised as an ultimate collectors manual for a year before it was pubilcated.... well felt a little dissapointed and why not, angry

but that is not a good reason to keep ourselves below the line ofgood taste.

EDITED: I've just read the tread about the sword of the last armenian King and I'm giving full and total support to Rivkin/Ariel, even (or because

) I'm predominantly in a NihonTo business.

31st May 2006, 09:08 AM	#5
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	Wonderfull thoughts Jim. I was not partecipating at that closed therad, however I have a thing to add regarding criticism. Criticism is GREAT! why? 'cos it helps to achieve better and better solutions for the future editions. As long as it is kept on polite and fair level(and it must be) and that is the hard point. What is politeness/fairness? When politeness is a matter of education, culture and manners, fairness is what we bring in heart as individuals. Well, for example, If someone say that Mr. Authorofabadreference is an idiot is unpolite and unfair, if someone says that Mr.Authorofabadreference's book is a piece of crap is unpolite but fair, and finnaly if someone says that Mr.Authorofabadreference is an incompetent 'cos wrote such a book is polite but not fair. When we don't mention the competency of Mr.Authorofabadreference and we concentrate on his book in saying that it is definetly bad, innacurate, overpriced, and without any competence and lack of practical implementation and we support that with strong arguments? Well what is wrong with that? Criticism is GREAT! remember? Maybe some new author (or why not the same author) looking at that criticism will improve his future work. We are living in great times... Many of us who bought a vlome for 200$ with depixeled photos, bad descriptions, lack of measures, many mistakes, bad atributions, no descriptions at all and advertised as an ultimate collectors manual for a year before it was pubilcated.... well felt a little dissapointed and why not, angry but that is not a good reason to keep ourselves below the line ofgood taste. EDITED: I've just read the tread about the sword of the last armenian King and I'm giving full and total support to Rivkin/Ariel, even (or because ) I'm predominantly in a NihonTo business. Last edited by Valjhun; 31st May 2006 at 10:31 AM.