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Me:
I’ve never before voted “No Award” above a nominee.
Your response:
In *40* years? Including BLACKOUT? Including SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD? Including CTHON? Including CHILDREN OF THE DUNE? Including Mlkal’s Songbird? Including The Sword Of The Lictor? Including THE LUCKY STRIKE? Including BLACK GENESIS?
Put another way: If, in that sample, you NEVER EVER voted “No award”? Your taste SUCKS, and deserves to be disregarded, and history bears that out.
Me now:
It’s not a matter of taste. I made a philosophical decision at the beginning to ignore the “No Award” option. Until now, I haven’t deviated from that, even though I’ve felt some nominees have been crap. You might say my philosophical decision sucks, but it has nothing to do with my taste. However, my taste MUST suck because two of the items you just mentioned received first-place votes from me. By the way, CHTHON was nominated well before the time I started voting.
Me:
And, yes, “travesty” IS the word I would use for THE WHEEL OF TIME competing for BEST NOVEL OF 2-0-1-3.
Your response:
It might be the word you’d use. But, given your other claims, it is self-evidently not the RIGHT word, and you are manifestly incapable of defending it.
Me now:
Perhaps you would prefer “beyond the pale.” I think I’ve defended my position reasonably well. Why are you so hostile?
theweaselking, to continue:
Me:
I’ve never before voted “No Award” above a nominee.
Your response:
In *40* years? Including BLACKOUT? Including SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD? Including CTHON? Including CHILDREN OF THE DUNE? Including Mlkal’s Songbird? Including The Sword Of The Lictor? Including THE LUCKY STRIKE? Including BLACK GENESIS?
Put another way: If, in that sample, you NEVER EVER voted “No award”? Your taste SUCKS, and deserves to be disregarded, and history bears that out.
Me now:
It’s not a matter of taste. I made a philosophical decision at the beginning to ignore the “No Award” option. Until now, I haven’t deviated from that, even though I’ve felt some nominees have been crap. You might say my philosophical decision sucks, but it has nothing to do with my taste. However, my taste MUST suck because two of the items you just mentioned received first-place votes from me. By the way, CHTHON was nominated well before the time I started voting.
Me:
And, yes, “travesty” IS the word I would use for THE WHEEL OF TIME competing for BEST NOVEL OF 2-0-1-3.
Your response:
It might be the word you’d use. But, given your other claims, it is self-evidently not the RIGHT word, and you are manifestly incapable of defending it.
Me now:
Perhaps you would prefer “beyond the pale.” I think I’ve defended my position reasonably well. Why are you so hostile?