21st September 2006, 09:52 PM
			
			
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					Originally Posted by Mark Bowditch
					
				 
				...OMISSIS...most literary critics can't write (except a newspaper column) - that's why they are critics and not authors.     I'm a big fan of the philosophy that if you can't walk the walk, don't talk the talk.
 
...OMISSIS... it won't surprise me if some finds some fault to harp on.  As we say in the legal business, "if the facts are against you, argue the law; if the law is against you, argue the facts; and if both are against you, just argue."  
			
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