trying?? to say?

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Post #31,952

3/12/02 10:56:32 PM

trying?? to say?

I think he did more than try.

The man can be extremely subtle at times. When he wrote that wasn't one of those times.

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Post #31,961

3/13/02 12:39:11 AM

Question was for

Norman, who referred to some 'reading assignment' - so unclear whether he's actually read it, or just skimmed to pass some test. The "trying to say" is just the normal cop-out.. for cases when someone didn't grok to fulness.. y'know? (Better than, I cannot live with this shame ;-)

Yeah, Ray B. is pretty hard not to get.. but some didn't get Uncle Tom's Cabin.

What's surprising (to me anyway) is for F-451 to have now become relevant so soon.. what with the Ashcroftian Era gathering momentum -

'Millennium' Patriot Act.
DMCA.
Habeas corpus suspended.
Wholesale snooping now codified.
SCSSA-wtf it gets called...
CIA, NSA can work At Home now.
A Veep - hiding in subterranean caverns.
A Pres - inarticulate even w/ teleprompter.
Repeal of many important treaties - by fiat / sans discusssion.
And now: supply your reading list on demand.

What's warming up in the wings?

And thus far - the sheep safe-ly graze.

Cheers,

Ashton

Thanks Ray Bradbury! - for another symbol of triumph over the ever-waiting power-obsessed: the Living Book. It was about love.

And just what have YOU been reading? - (SpiceWare) - (18) - March 11, 2002, 04:34:53 PM EST

Uh-oh - (tjsinclair) - March 11, 2002, 08:12:21 PM EST

I'm innocent, officer! - (wharris2) - March 11, 2002, 08:19:02 PM EST

Big Brother John! - (nking) - March 11, 2002, 09:16:16 PM EST

It's an Ashcroft thing? I'm sure to be arrested. - (Meerkat) - March 11, 2002, 09:55:02 PM EST

When you outlaw books.... - (Brandioch) - (9) - March 12, 2002, 12:52:21 AM EST

Fahrenheit. At 451F, paper burns. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (8) - March 12, 2002, 08:49:24 AM EST

Fahrenheit 451 - (nking) - (7) - March 12, 2002, 10:11:28 AM EST

Hmm, you seem to know quite a bit about that book, Mr. King. - (Brandioch) - (6) - March 12, 2002, 11:27:15 AM EST

In 2002: Just be damn sure not to download any pictures of - (Ashton) - March 12, 2002, 02:26:55 PM EST

I read it back in Jr. High school - (nking) - (4) - March 12, 2002, 07:47:24 PM EST

Yabut.. did it you Learn anything from that 'assignment' ?? - (Ashton) - (3) - March 12, 2002, 08:26:17 PM EST

trying?? to say? - (mhuber) - (1) - March 12, 2002, 10:56:32 PM EST

Question was for - (Ashton) - March 13, 2002, 12:39:11 AM EST

I listened to Bill Cosby - (orion) - March 15, 2002, 01:30:36 PM EST

Just to play devil's advocate - (ben_tilly) - (3) - March 12, 2002, 06:17:13 PM EST

I think it's more the symbolism.. and the trend towards more -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - March 12, 2002, 06:36:31 PM EST

The sky is falling, the sky is falling! - (Arkadiy) - (1) - March 12, 2002, 08:51:15 PM EST

Sky's fine - it's just local homo-sap running amok. Again. -NT - (Ashton) - March 12, 2002, 09:14:15 PM EST

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