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nigelswift Dec 3, 2012 15:21:50
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

It comes back again to whether to compartmentalise or not to compartmentalise doesn't it? There are clear advantages to both strategies. Mr Cope kept the book compartmentalised and thereby earned respect in some quarters but disappointment from you! What's a poor bloke to do?

The Portal has a compartment in which some of the inhabitants are as mad as a box of frogs. (Am I allowed to say that? Probably not. So I apologise to all frogs). So compartmentalising CAN be done. Does the rest of the Portal gain academic respect and attention as a result? I'd hazard a guess yes.

It's all academic though as it just isn't going to happen here.

B bladup
bladup Dec 3, 2012 15:26:59
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
It comes back again to whether to compartmentalise or not to compartmentalise doesn't it? There are clear advantages to both strategies. Mr Cope kept the book compartmentalised and thereby earned respect in some quarters but disappointment from you! What's a poor bloke to do?

The Portal has a compartment in which some of the inhabitants are as mad as a box of frogs. (Am I allowed to say that? Probably not. So I apologise to all frogs). So compartmentalising CAN be done. Does the rest of the Portal gain academic respect and attention as a result? I'd hazard a guess yes.

It's all academic though as it just isn't going to happen here.

Good.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Dec 3, 2012 16:00:21
Replying to nigelswift

I don't know what goes on in the members only forum over there, perhaps it is a hive of frenetic and interesting debate behind closed doors. But the impression that I get from the very existence of the frog bucket forum, is that talk of lizards and atlantis and so on is encouraged, albeit in the bucket. Whereas I think over here it's kind of tolerated, but not encouraged. (as someone else said, the thread with the woman and her voltmeter soon died a death. As did the thing about sailors and stonehenge, not even a reply)

It's been a long time since any really crazy days here yknow. Whereas there's still quite some fruitloopery on the MP.

I quite like the mix of opinions here. I think it does reflect Julian Cope's outlook in the book quite well. I think it would stifle things if we had to have a Serious Establishment-Approved forum and a separate Weird Experiences forum. I think it's all good mashed up together. And if you want purely serious and academic, there are other places to frequent. And you can frequent all of them if you like.

And mostly it's friendly here, most of the time.