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A new book laments that snarkiness is eroding the quaility of public discussion.
One of the themes of the book, titled "Snark," by David Denby, says snideness as an end unto itself is making debate meaner, cruder and less constructive.
For an NPR report on the book, click here.
For a Los Angeles Times review, click here.
Obviously, Denby hasn't sampled the reasonableness and civility of the blog comments around here.
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Ignoring questions and dissembling in pretending to give an answer should not be expected to foster reasonable and civil discussion.
Posted on February 18, 2009 5:09 PM