For the first time, I’ve seen comments here that in my opinion cross the line that separates vigorous disagreement from scornful personal attacks. I won’t cite those comments here, though I did flag them in remarks I posted in response to each one.
I don’t want comments like these appearing on my blog. So this is my warning, never needed before. Disagreement — including vigorous, even total disagreement — is welcome here, whether it’s about something I say, or something anyone else says.
But if anyone posts a comment that in my opinion gives no reason for disagreeing with anything anyone says, and instead includes scornful remarks about particular people (me or anyone else), I’ll delete the comments as soon as I see them.
I’m sorry it’s come to this. And I trust it’ll stop.
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richard on The Monday post
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"What we want to do is to show people that “classical” music is a living, vibrant tradition that is far...petersachon on The Friday post
Rossini, Brahms, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Wagner....these are STILL the names we are offering?? Perhaps classical music isn't the living vibrant tradition...