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Re: OT Criticizing writers (was Technical Writing - What's the catch?)

Subject: Re: OT Criticizing writers (was Technical Writing - What's the catch?)
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:52:48 -0500




Oja, W. Kelly wrote:



Just because I am not a professionally trained career counselor does not
mean that I do not have the right to spot a moron being a moron and call
them on it.


Careful, Kelly! There is a Fat Bright Line between saying that a piece of writing stinks and saying that the person who wrote it is a moron. The first is focused on the Thing and it is defensible as an opinion you're entitled to, even if some people take offense at the existence of critical commentary. The second is focused on the Person, and can be interpreted as defamatory and hence actionable.

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