CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
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so that no one will run the
risk
of making sense). Thus, while the
faker goes on with
his
suggestions, the deeper he descends into ob–
scurity, the greater the display of "participation." One sure way to
tell when total darkness has been reached is from the emphatic tone
of the ladies' voices, as they say: "I see, I see."
No. Between those who have debased criticism to the level of a
silly game (Russian political "thinkers," American Clubwomen, both
equally afraid of the truth) and those who have raised it to the level
of a highly specialized, technical, boring, serious affair for experts
only, never for outsiders (Government parasites the world over, all
equally afraid of the truth), we conclude (and hope to be criticized
for our conclusion), that:
1. Criticism
is
a game.
2. It is a
serious
game.
3. It is
everybody's
game.
