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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8109359" data-attributes="member: 16814">&quot;If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table.&quot;You're just making assertions, here, not presenting supported arguments.&nbsp; You can say my criticisms don't make sense, but it's apparent they do to some in this thread alone, so that's unsupported.&nbsp; You can say your arguments do make sense, but that's just an empty claim -- the better approach is to make sensible arguments and let them do the talking.&nbsp; You end with what is really just an appeal to popularity (ie, people like it so your criticism is wrong!) that's further premised on a guess on your part, that people might like the book overall but have some of the same issues I've presented here.&nbsp; That's entirely possible -- I like CoS very much despite having some very pointed criticism on certain parts.Overall, you thinking the adventure is good is something I'm happy to hear.&nbsp; I'm not disappointed when people like things I have criticisms of -- I'm quite often someone who both likes a thing and can criticize it.&nbsp; Heck, The Last Jedi is a good example of a movie I actually enjoy but can also mount some very pointed criticism for it.&nbsp; So, now, you liking a thing, or many others liking a thing, doesn't invalidate my criticisms.&nbsp; And, most certainly, you just stating my criticisms don't make sense without even any attempt to address the merits of them doesn't make them invalid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8109359, member: 16814"] [I]"If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, [B]pound the table[/B]."[/I] You're just making assertions, here, not presenting supported arguments. You can say my criticisms don't make sense, but it's apparent they do to some in this thread alone, so that's unsupported. You can say your arguments do make sense, but that's just an empty claim -- the better approach is to make sensible arguments and let them do the talking. You end with what is really just an appeal to popularity (ie, people like it so your criticism is wrong!) that's further premised on a guess on your part, that people might like the book overall but have some of the same issues I've presented here. That's entirely possible -- I like CoS very much despite having some very pointed criticism on certain parts. Overall, you thinking the adventure is good is something I'm happy to hear. I'm not disappointed when people like things I have criticisms of -- I'm quite often someone who both likes a thing and can criticize it. Heck, The Last Jedi is a good example of a movie I actually enjoy but can also mount some very pointed criticism for it. So, now, you liking a thing, or many others liking a thing, doesn't invalidate my criticisms. And, most certainly, you just stating my criticisms don't make sense without even any attempt to address the merits of them doesn't make them invalid. [/QUOTE]

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