Re. Who is a poet?

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I agree: 
 
<> Nobody has said that popularity is a yardstick of quality. 
<> An artform needs both performers and patrons to survive. 
<> All power to the people that write it, read it or enjoy it. 
 
 
I dispute anybody telling you: 
 
<> a)  following old rules is the only way to write good poetry. 
 
-  I doubt if any body ever said so. Not to my knowlede in this forum. 
 
<> b)   that if I don't agree with a, I am denigrating our great heritage. 
 
-  Because no body endorsed the view a), postulate b) is defunct. 
   Even if some body said a), b) is still a far fetched conclusion. 
   You have a right to disagree, even if the same somebody who asserted 
   a) says otherwise. Well, disagreeing does not constitute any such 
   denigration, but expression of disagreement decorated with hate does. 
 
<> c) that something is great just because it follows traditional rules. 
 
-  Nobody ever said that either. something is graet if it has greatness. 
   Rules can not award geatness. 
 
<> d) that I cannot question or critically discuss the greatness of 
   a chando-based work, its author or its proponents. 
 
-  I am surprised. Did any body say that? Not to my knowledge. You and 
   and everybody has right to question or critically discuss a work,  
   its author or its proponents. Of course we all know that criticism 
   is neither a pure praise nor pure rebuke due to a subjective outlook. 
 
You said  
   "When I have a problem, it is with people who tell me ... 
   a), b), c) or d).    
 
 
-  I too would have a problem with those people. But nobody told those 
   things to us, yet. 
 
 
   PS: Are we discusing on chandas again? I am not interested. 
    
-Syamal. 
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