CITOKATE

[Ronn! Blankenship]

It's been four days and no one has yet responded in this thread with 
an observation I hoped someone would point out:  that "criticism" is 
like "theory" in having a different (and less negative) meaning when 
used in a formal academic setting (e.g., "literary criticism," where 
the statements made by the critic about the piece of writing being 
criticized may indeed be positive, neutral, or negative) than in the 
vernacular (where "criticism" is usually considered to be both 
negative and personal).  Though obviously I did deliberately steer 
people reading my original post toward the vernacular meaning . . .


. . . ronn!  :)