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Friday, January 07, 2011
Reader mail of the day: fielding WAR for DH?
Sometimes I look like a real a$$hole. Something that I can say in private, and get my issues handled that way, is sometimes better than broadcasting it here. I know that sometimes my peers have said that, that they would have preferred that my criticism had been addressed to them directly in private. I do that sometimes, but not very often, for a good reason: when I broadcast it here, I don’t have to repeat myself. Because if I’m thinking it, others are too.
And the first time I saw the presentation at B-R.com for what the reader below is talking about, I was bothered. I had meant to tell Sean, but I forgot. But, now this reader wrote a long and well-thought out letter. So, should I now simply have a three-way dialogue with the writer and Sean? Or, just be honest here, respond the reader, and let Sean address it as he sees fit? Even if my choice in this instance will be a poor one, overall, it’s a good way to do things. Most people will benefit, we all get to watch, and things are transparent. And that may spur even more discussion by readers here, similar to Sean’s “suggestions” page from a few years ago. Given a choice, I prefer to post out in the open, and I wish alot more people would do this.
Anyway, here’s his letter, and my comment on the part I bolded:
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