I wasn't the one who made the comparison to great works of literature, so I can't speak to it.
Absolutely, and it was not my intent to state otherwise. That was a part of my issue with the original poster's stance.
Can versus Should is more an issue of how far one is willing to go to accommodate the wishes of readers versus their own wishes. I'm not faulting anyone for enjoying my stories. That's very flattering, and in the case of these older stories, something of a bittersweet flattery. But flattery all the same.
I'm more faulting this particular case of someone stating that persons who choose to remove stories and clean up broken links are being malicious and should be condemned.
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Absolutely, and it was not my intent to state otherwise. That was a part of my issue with the original poster's stance.
Can versus Should is more an issue of how far one is willing to go to accommodate the wishes of readers versus their own wishes. I'm not faulting anyone for enjoying my stories. That's very flattering, and in the case of these older stories, something of a bittersweet flattery. But flattery all the same.
I'm more faulting this particular case of someone stating that persons who choose to remove stories and clean up broken links are being malicious and should be condemned.