Hookland 11/7/20 17:43:40

@SolportStudios @TigerLantern @GroupHookland @viclarious Yes he did. Dennet‰Ûªs philosophy and language is not neutral – he is only a few steps away from Dawkins. However, authorship ends at the send button. You may find the original quote glib regardless of my sincere belief in it being absolutely true.

Hookland 11/7/20 17:50:57

@SolportStudios @TigerLantern @GroupHookland @viclarious Authors however need to have – in my view at least – the ability to laugh at the variance between intent and reading, be able to recognise that responses to their work have validity and use beyond being in agreement with them.

Hookland 11/7/20 18:04:31

@SolportStudios @TigerLantern @GroupHookland @viclarious As a writer, I try to use words with precision – even in swearing hence my over use of the shitgibbon compound (academic terminology) pisspuffin because it has a pleasing non-reliance on genetalia. However, everyday life is one where language is feral and mutates in meaning.

Hookland 11/7/20 18:09:40

@SolportStudios @TigerLantern @GroupHookland @viclarious I take no offence, require no apology. Hopefully enough people misuse Dennet‰Ûªs phrase to both irritate him and subvert its somewhat snarky original meaning.

Hookland 11/7/20 19:19:35

@GroupHookland @wolfinthethorns @cultauthor That is very kind of you Barry, but Hookland is free and it‰Ûªs resources are held as part of the common wealth – this includes the Writer‰Ûªs Bible.