The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.

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This quote highlights a dispute the speaker had with the National Trust book called Follies: A National Trust Guide. The book seemingly suggested that the only way to derive enjoyment from folly architecture is by labeling the architects as insane and mocking the architectural designs. The quote indicates that the speaker had a disagreement with this perspective and in some way argues against reducing the appreciation of folly architecture to mere mockery and ridicule.

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