Danny Wilde wrote:
>
> "Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
> news:4210A33D.E98CA565@yahoo.co.jp...
>
>> ... ask why people would argue against
>> the existence of stupidity in Japanese programming.
>
>
> Actually I don't understand what people mean when they say a TV
> programme is "stupid" or talk about "the existence of stupidity in
> Japanese programming". Indiscriminate application of the word "stupid"
> to Japanese television shows a limited articulacy and perhaps indicates
> much more about the  intellectual level of the people applying it than
> the programmes they are commenting on.

[snop]

> Let's all try to say something more articulate than "Japanese TV is
> stupid", in case we who rashly label the entire output of Japanese TV as
> such, end up looking far more stupid than the thing we're seeking to
> criticise.

Is this the same guy who slagged Sean for disliking misuse of "begging
the question"?

Dan