Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Constructive Criticism
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 17:29:59 -0600

Well said.

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> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us 
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of 
> S Dimitrov
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:44 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Constructive Criticism
> 
> 
> Even a negative criticism has to have a pedagogic element to 
> it. When the extent of the criticism is just an irresponsible 
> bluntness,  without a recourse to a revelatory dialogue, then 
> that can't qualify as a critique. A critique is a dialogue, 
> not a monologue. 
> Slobodan Dimitrov
> 
> 
> "SonC (Sonny Carter)" wrote:
> > But in the case of "That's the worst picture I've ever seen," the 
> > criticism was clearly meant to be brutal, not brutally frank, 
> > especially when that was the extent of the criticism.
> > 
> > That's when I understand that great phrase, (was it you or Slobadon
> > posted,) "draw the veil of charity."h
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