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Originally Posted by tumhalad2
Ok, fine, allow me to explain myself. Having posted the quote, quite innocently, and without any thought to offend anyone, you come along and insinuate that Im am wasting...what exactly, your time? space on an internet message board? There was absolutely no reason for you to have posted that at all; you failed to engage with the quote at all and you merely criticised me. And you wonder why I might accuse you of possessing an air of moral superiority? Well, it only seemed to follow from the tone and content of your post.
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No, what I'm querying is your phrasing,
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Originally Posted by tumhalad
That there are debates in literature is no reason not to engage in them and sit idly by, content in your own moral superiority.
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which makes it sound like you're talking about some "duty" you believe people have to engage in each and every debate. If you just mean I sounded like I was annoyed at you– well, yes, I was, kind of– but I've already apologised for that. I admit I was out of line.
And yet, I am making a serious point that I don't believe Miéville is raising anything that hasn't already been brought up
here, here, here, and
here, not to mention
here. Of course people can decide to go over the same ground again if they want to, but I do think it
is pretty well-trodden ground.