[I’m posting this update here, because I wish it to be stated up front. It has come to my attention that Dr Haggerty wrote the following on his site with respect to our debate on interpretation and how it works: My sense was that JG had one theory and was overcommitted to it, and wasn’t aware of other approaches to the issue. His response to that post confirmed that, so
academics
February 24, 2007
On Dr Andrew ("Thersites") Haggerty, Community College Professor (UPDATED and UPDATED AGAIN)
May 29, 2006
in which I spend my morning correcting a number of remarkably self-satisfied “academics” who, quite frankly, have no idea what they are talking about
Not really what I wanted to be doing this morning—and I only have 25 minutes to do it, because I’ve just taken my Gaspari SuperPump 250, and that powdered supplement is a tough taskmaster, demanding of me a certain timeliness to my workouts—so this will be rather quick (though not short). First, let me point out that for someone whom they supposedly believe to be a paste-eating idiot, there are
May 23, 2006
I think SOMEBODY needs a little more frozen strawberry and a little less rum… (UPDATED BELOW THE FOLD)
To this point, I’ve been kind to Thersites, whose flabby attempts at engaging my intentionalist arguments have been both lazy and, quite honestly, embarrassing. In fact, I’ve treated those who’ve come over from his site seriously, and attempted to answer their questions, because it seems at least they are interested in having a substantive discussion on these issues. Which, unfortunately, is a different tack than that taken by Thersites, who
May 16, 2006
Somebody’s been hitting the frozen rum drinks, I see! (UPDATED)
The super-busy Thersites, who hasn’t the time to “dismantle” me in full, has, nevertheless, decided to give me a “taste” of what I’m up against. In a post titled “A Taste of Paste” (Atrios would be so proud! 10% off hotel fees at “EschaCon II: Attack of the Clones” for you, you big lug!), Thersites begins his dismissive onslaught. After quoting from the intro to my course notes— The course
May 14, 2006
Because it’s not often one gets to debate a man who admits to drinking daiquiris
Skimming through Technorati, I came across a link to pw from metacomments—an Atrios fanboy site run by “Thersites” (whom I understand to be an English professor in addition to a proud EschaCon attendee)—in which Master Thersites affects his best bemused stance and suggests (glancingly, and without committing himself to a single refutation) that my understanding of interpretive theory is, well, not quite up to snuff: And why I did this