Klarinet Archive - Posting 001091.txt from 1998/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Absolutes
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:29:46 -0500

On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 18:32:51 -0600 (CST), rgarrett@-----.edu said:

> On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Tony Pay wrote:

> > > > Two ways to be dogmatic:
> > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > (A) To tell someone what they 'should' do to achieve something
> > > > on the instrument.
> > > >
> > > > (B) To tell somebody how they 'should' play something musically.
> > > >
> > > > Two circumstance in which this dogmatism *may* be counterproductive:
> > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > (1) On this mailing list.
> > > >
> > > > (2) In a one to one teaching situation.

> > I will read, and may respond later, to the rest of your post.
> > However, note that already, in your first sentence, you have taken
> > what is merely a division into categories to be discussed as a
> > statement of opinion.
> >
> > Dogma is not necessarily a curse word, as appears later in my post
> > under (B)(2).
>
> I never said it was a curse word! Where is that?? I believe that
> your opinion is clear - when you state....."Two ways to be
> dogmatic....." These are your two ways - and, unless you have read
> this elsewhere and are merely representing someone else's opinion
> (which is possible), it is still opinion.

Just quickly -- no, it isn't opinion, it's a definition of A, B, 1 and 2.

Tony
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