It seems I did miss your point. I was confused by the switch, from JoshuaZ’s “in the meantime” advice to the critic, to your advice directed to the potential target of criticism. And in particular I missed that the motivation was to allow the target to get the feedback he needs from an audience culture which is disinclined to provide negative feedback.
My apologies for misunderstanding. I didn’t try hard enough to find a sympathetic reading.
It seems I did miss your point. I was confused by the switch, from JoshuaZ’s “in the meantime” advice to the critic, to your advice directed to the potential target of criticism. And in particular I missed that the motivation was to allow the target to get the feedback he needs from an audience culture which is disinclined to provide negative feedback.
My apologies for misunderstanding. I didn’t try hard enough to find a sympathetic reading.
Apology accepted; thanks. I’m glad we could clear that up.