Quote:
Originally Posted by Butters
I think you are confusing two things. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and should be able to express it without being attacked, however, questions about artistic beauty do permit of better and worse answers.
Michelangelo's David is a better sculpture (and piece of art) than some kid's attempt at making a clay ashtray. That is as factual a statement as saying the Earth is round. Now, the parent of the child who made the ashtray may prefer his or her kid's sculpture to Michelangelo's effort and that's fine. They may prefer one to the other, but there is a correct answer to which is better.
Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate deals with this really well.
|
"This is an interesting way of looking at it, why do you think that" = debate inducing
"You must be deaf" = pure shithead.
I think that's what people are getting more up in arms about. For as much as people blame the band's output as the reason this board gets dead sometime, elitist behaviour from people setting the be-all-end-all of what's acceptable to like is a big part of it.