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# _Tuttle and Buttle_
This repo is a catch all for posting rebuttals to some of the misplaced, dishonest, or just bizarre rumors or statements regarding my work in visual contrast and readability.
### About the Title of This Repo
Yes, I know rebuttal is not spelled like _"buttle"_, it's a pun/reference to a different battle of integrity from Hollywood history.
# About _Tuttle and Buttle_
This repo is a catch-all for posting rebuttals to the very few but nevertheless misplaced, dishonest, or just bizarre rumors or statements regarding the research in visual contrast and readability. We are working toward improving visual readability of digital content—but like any large paradigm shift, there are some that actively obstruct progress and development.

We have an [**open public forum for discussion, comments, and questions**](https://github.com/Myndex/SAPC-APCA/discussions), And we work to address them all in a timely manner. The rebuttals we present in this repo however, are directed toward misleading or false statements made by individuals that have refused to join-in active constructive discussion, and instead assert false claims or disrupt by causing confusion.


## About the Title of This Repo
Yes, we know rebuttal is not spelled like _"buttle"_, it's a pun/reference to a different battle of integrity from Hollywood history.

In Terry Gilliam's classic film, _**"Brazil"**_ a key early plot point is where a literal bug (a flying beetle) was killed by a bureaucrat and falls into a computer's teletype, typing out the last name "Buttle" instead of "Tuttle." As a result one Mr. Buttle was wrongly arrested and interrogated at too high of a voltage, causing his untimely expiration. The film had much to say about the unfortunate side effects from unilateral control by massive bureaucracies.

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[**Gilliam declared war**](https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-story-of-the-three-cuts-of-terry-gilliams-brazil), and a battle ensued over which version American audiences would be allowed to see. Eventually, it was Gilliam's 132 minute version. But if you haven't seen it, I do recommend the full European cut, available from the Criterion Collection.

This repo, "Tuttle and Buttle" is directly a nod toward Gilliam's film and his resolute stance in protecting his work. In the more general sense, the name of the repo implies the nature of such battles, standing up for what is right, and dismissing the posturing charlatans who follow arbitrary numbers or badly formed rules due to a lack of critical thinking skills.
This repo, **_"Tuttle and Buttle"_** is directly a nod toward Gilliam's film and his resolute stance in protecting his work. In the more general sense, the name of the repo implies the nature of such battles, standing up for what is right, and dismissing the posturing charlatans who follow arbitrary numbers or badly formed rules, due to a lack of critical thinking skills.

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