Do I have the right to criticize him all the more severely in my FDK, if I think that you haven't blasted him harshly enough for his behaviour in your stories? What do you think?
I'd say you (anyone) has the right to be critical of unethical behaviour in any character, and also if you so chose to rationalise that behaviour so as to make it more acceptable. But I do think if you're in the rationalsing business for one character, you should be consistent and do it for others.
Cut them all some slack or none.
As for stressing the criticsm when other fdk'rs and the author are giving the character a pass, that's human nature. it works the other way too on these boards - notice the extravagance of some pro- Clark posts for example.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
(if Newton can be believed, that is)
But hopefully there can be a dialogue on the points of difference rather than two sets of soliloquies.
But, of course, it is never acceptable to mix metaphors
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