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_Daniel Peterson
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More off topic: Mormonism and the arts

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Doctor Scratch wrote:He never gives examples, probably because he's terrified of having his tastes criticized.

LOL. You harshly criticized my tastes in the utter absence of relevant examples, so, yes, I think it's a certainty that my tastes would be criticized if I gave some.
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No, I agree that 2+2=4.
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Doctor Scratch wrote:No, I agree that 2+2=4.



A watershed moment.
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Doctor Scratch wrote:No, I agree that 2+2=4.

Wow. Given a million years, continued treatment, and really good luck, you could someday become a minimally reasonable person to interact with.
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Daniel Peterson wrote:Which, of course, means that you're supposed to think about me.

Scratch almost always brings every conversation around to me eventually.

A few years ago, he was even lamenting my conventional, conformist, unadventurous, hyper-orthodox, middle-brow, vanilla sensibilities in literature, art, music, and film -- despite the fact that he actually knows little or nothing about what those tastes are.

I'm just generally bad.


Tedious, more like.
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Doctor Scratch wrote:
No, no! No need for apologies, my friend. I was just hoping for some content--that's all. : )


Thanks Scratch! I think the comment I wanted to make appears (magically) in my next post. I must have clicked the wrong button, somewhere.
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I would tend to agree with that, sadly.


Agreed.
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