Is it OK to be a Luddite?

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Courtney Givens"

> What he has done in fact, is introduce a cliché in order
> to make fun, but not to underminde his point.

I don't get this. Why would he make fun of his point if he has any
confidence in its importance?  The possibility I'll admit to is that his
fiction writing habit of turning ideas on their head is so strong that he
may no longer be able to help himself. Well, of course he could if he really
tried but for some reason or other he is unmotivated. And he is of course
fairly funny.  And it's a habit, so why change.  Isn't it true that he
pulled pretty much the same trick at the end of the Sloth essay? The crack
about  redifining TV time or something like that? Ok, as I said, I don't
know how seriously  he takes himself as a journalist. I almost hope he IS
being slightly tongue in cheek. It seemed to me MilignD's critique of the
essay had much merit

I don't know if I'm right--just throwing out ideas.

            P.