META/POLL: The Purpose of Criticism

[Tom Russell]

On Feb 18, 1:10Â am, Lalo Martins <lalo.mart... at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Â Not to add
> lumber to an old flamewar, but: any sentence you write that has "Jesse
> Willey" in it can be used as a reference on what it really means to
> attack a work or author.

I'll cop to that and gladly; his work was morally repugnant and I
responded in kind.  And that last flame war came about when he posted
a story with my characters that I found offensive after I expressly
denied him permission.  If ever there was a cause for an attack, I
would say that was it.

But generally?  I don't think I attack people.

==Tom