Larrok

And who tells you that I don't think for myself and don't have my own opinions? There are hundreds of albums that, for me, are masterpieces that Scaruffi rates with a 6 or 6.5. I have my own evaluative criteria, don't worry.

The problem with people like you, Flinstone, is that when you read Scaruffi, you think he wants to be considered the source of knowledge, while in his reviews he simply expresses his personal opinions from his subjective point of view, without any of the pretensions you attribute to him; among other things, his evaluation method is, in my opinion, commendable, although with some distinctions, but above all it is COHERENT. In fact, usually if he gives a score or expresses a positive or negative judgment, he does so while respecting his own ideas, and that is something to be appreciated. Then, to say that he is full of himself, a clown, and pretentious, what parameters do you have? Do you know him personally? Because if not, it makes me think that all the bitterness you have towards him stems from the fact that perhaps he has spoken poorly of your favorite artists and you took it to heart like a child. Let's try to have a little maturity and understand that from his work of recovery, many, including myself, have benefited by discovering wonderful and incredibly important artists that we might have never known otherwise…

Well, in any case, the Bible (which longlive is sure is the absolute truth) unequivocally states that those who do not believe in the Christian God will burn in hell, so I think the underworld will be rather crowded, considering there are billions of people on the planet among followers of other religions, atheists, and agnostics... if you want to stubbornly cling to these tales... or do you perhaps believe that in reality everyone ends up in paradise? Because if that's the case, I wonder what the commandments are for, if someone who lives righteously their whole life but does not believe in God will receive eternal damnation as a reward... that doesn't seem like divine justice to me. Otherwise, you’ll respond with the usual relativist phrase that they are all metaphors...

I don't know if you know, but I inform you that the official interpretation of the holy scriptures is that given by the Vatican, and for the church it is necessary to fully embrace this interpretation if you want to be considered a Catholic Christian, so that you may be saved from the eternal flames of hell... :-D

Anyway, regarding the matter of "your" style of citing others: it's as if a kid were strumming an acoustic guitar and, just for that, called Bob Dylan asking him to stop playing because that style was invented by him...

The Bible may seem like an absolute truth because its interpretation has been so distorted and twisted that anyone can read into it whatever they wish through the use of metaphors. The truth is that it is merely a collection of mythologized texts that have been given excessive meaning and value, so that it could be used by the Church as a yoke over the "faithful." Then I wonder, if it truly is the word of God, why is it so contradictory and confusing to those who read it, leading to the creation of myriad differing sects? The word of God should be clear and unchanging over time; instead, we have seen how, over the centuries, the interpretation of the Bible has changed, been softened, and shaped according to socio-historical changes.

the Bible is a collection of legends that claims to be divine word.

My trusty Garzanti says as I wrote to you, that is, it clearly equates the term "mediocre" with "scarso," and honestly, that's the meaning I've always given it up until today; but even if we were to take the definition you provided as true, what lies between 0 and 10 is 5, and I have always heard a grade of 5/10 associated with a judgment of "scarso," of insufficiency, "mediocre." If you give it a 6/10, you automatically no longer consider it insufficient, thus not deserving of a negative judgment such as "mediocre."

So, dictionary definition - Mediocre: "that is below average, below the norm; small, poor, low; of limited abilities, of limited capacity; of not good quality, of little worth." If for you poor and mediocre have two different meanings...

Riccardo, if you say it’s mediocre (I would like to know the reasons), then give it a 2, not a 3, which means a clear passing grade.