dorayme said:
Well, fair enough... personally, I don't think it was all that
obviously misguided. Not everyone explains why they want to do
things and it cannot be doubted that there could be good reasons
to do what they wanted.
But! But! JK /always/ doubts that there could be *any* reason outside
of his reasoning to warrant any thing not of his devising.
It is, honestly, a tad sad. He is knowledgeable, no doubt. But his
didacticism off-puts to such an extent that his (potentially) useful
advice is oft ignored as the rantings of a sycophant. Hence the real
potential for damage to content by form. Not too much of a problem for
me as I am fairly well able to "consider the source." Newbies who could
benefit most, however, are most likely to be offended by the anti-social
form and ignore the potentially beneficial advice. Or, as Dad used to
say: "If he's acting like an ass, he probably is one most of the time.
Your job is to figure out which is which, when is when, and decide to
listen, laugh, or ignore." And, no, Dad didn't allow for "just shoot
the bastard." Too messy and fraught with legal implications.