Ringo. Yeah. Context is everything. As with any huge and complex text, one can take this group of examples to prove one point of view and that group of examples to prove another, even an opposite view. It’s taking the whole of it, her portrayals over the years, that allows us to see her as a complicated but ultimately good person. The context is Luann whole, not Luann at any given moment. Many use the pick-and-choose technique to distort other texts, the Bible, for example. The use of selected verses to demonstrate one point while ignoring others that present a different view is called “proof texting.” Shakespeare called out this very kind of selective reading in “The Merchant of Venice” when he has Antonio say, “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.” That’s a reference to Satan tempting Jesus by quoting Scripture to him in Matthew Chapter 4. The moral of this whole comment, Ringo? Don’t be like Satan. Just sayin’.
Ringo. Yeah. Context is everything. As with any huge and complex text, one can take this group of examples to prove one point of view and that group of examples to prove another, even an opposite view. It’s taking the whole of it, her portrayals over the years, that allows us to see her as a complicated but ultimately good person. The context is Luann whole, not Luann at any given moment. Many use the pick-and-choose technique to distort other texts, the Bible, for example. The use of selected verses to demonstrate one point while ignoring others that present a different view is called “proof texting.” Shakespeare called out this very kind of selective reading in “The Merchant of Venice” when he has Antonio say, “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.” That’s a reference to Satan tempting Jesus by quoting Scripture to him in Matthew Chapter 4. The moral of this whole comment, Ringo? Don’t be like Satan. Just sayin’.