[Petronius]

He was a great American, just because you disagree with some of his views doesn't make him any less of an American.

That's where you're wrong! The universe is bifurcated into a Liberal realm and a Conservative realm. I read it in an Ann Coulter column! Anyone who criticizes the Dear Leader (any Republican president) is, ipso facto, evil and un-American.

This is why I don't read Kafka or Joyce: I'm not sure if they were good Republicans. If they weren't, their work is subversive trash. An even bigger problem presents itself for authors like Sterne, Rabelais, and Voltaire: I have to determine if they would have been good Republicans before I'll read them. Yes, the counterfactuals can get dizzying, but it's the price we must pay to avoid contact with the Dark Side.

[Wormwood]

You are my new short-term prsonal savior.

[freedom44]

If you had read Hunter's work you'd realize he's not exactly Liberal or Conservative. He was his own breed.

[Central Scrutiniser]

I never got Kafka till I visited Prague just after the wall fell. Environment was a big role in his writings.

I really gotta dust off the old stuff and re-read, so much has been forgotten and lost.