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To: CharlesWayneCT
When you claim, as others have here, that a book is pornographic, you aren’t just attacking the author, you are saying that the people who read that book read pornography.

I believe your choice of the first person pronoun ("When you claim...") might serve to convey a false impression. Otherwise, you do appear to understand that I am not claiming the book is pornographic - quite the opposite, actually. I think your intent was to criticize others for not reading the book themselves before passing judgment. Again, I think that Fields of Fire is a terrific work of literature, and the characters that Webb created - Goodrich, Snake, Baby Cakes, and Hodges - have stayed with me for many years after I first read it.

37 posted on 05/08/2008 11:47:30 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Politicians cannot buy votes that are not for sale.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

You are right, I meant “you” as in “the campaign”.


40 posted on 05/08/2008 12:08:05 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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