Doug Henwood wrote:
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> John Thornton wrote:
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> >I don't watch "The Sopranos" but is glorifying unbridled unregulated
> >capitalism, which is what organized crime can be seen to be, really
> >the epitome of the Golden Age of TV?
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> Don't you feel that the first part of that sentence disqualifies you
> from typing the second part?
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There is more than enough information about The Sopranos in the air for anyone to make general statements as John has. If someone wrote a counterargument making a great deal of use of specifics from the series, John would not be in a good position to respond to the whole argument, but he still could (accepting the detailed description) argue with the conclusions that defense drew from them.
Your proposition here would simply make 90% of conversation and writing impossible.
I don't particularly agree with John, but it is really stupid to dismiss off hand in this way his grounds for making the statement.
Carrol