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Exactly. Even if you're honoring the rule in the breach, you're still honoring it. An that, by itself, represents a major win for the NYT. As time goes by and
by alexqgb 14y ago
Exactly. Even if you're honoring the rule in the breach, you're still honoring it. An that, by itself, represents a major win for the NYT.
As time goes by and the unsustainability and injustice of the "all content should be free" mantra becomes widely recognized, a much clearer line between contet that is and is not worth paying for will crystallize—and with it, the social attitudes that work with or against payment for publishers, depending on the surrounding expectations.
The Times has done a solid job of positioning itself. Pity those that lack the resources an foresight to do the same.
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- ableal 14y ago> honoring the rule in the breach The other day, I found out we're now using that figure of speech against the intent of the original phrase: a custom best ignored, e.g. http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/mangled-shakespeare/ http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/mangled-sh... In this case, I like the modern take, because it provides us with words for a real phenomenon. I dislike some other modern takes, such as the literal "beg the question", that deprive us of precise meaning (petitio principii, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question ).
- lmm 14y agoI've never seen anyone actually using the precise meaning of "beg the question". So I think we're better off with the more common usage.
- philwelch 14y agoYou've never talked to philosophers. Educated people managed to save the word "irony" from Alanis Morissette, I don't think "beg the question" is lost yet.