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Book Talk » no romance, thanks! » Errr .....
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
Maybe because the real men in their life aren't up to much?
Book Talk » Popular books that I just couldn't get into! » Agreed
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 6 replies
I tried to read this a year or so back and gave up about at third of the way through. I felt his use of magical realism was too heavy handed, as if he was using it as a sledgehammer or a crutch to cover up deficienci…
Book Talk » Difficulties with the pronunciation of book titles and author's names » I think it's more likely
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
that the ff is a survival from the old style of English handwriting in which a capital F was often written as two small ones. If the word is an English surname, ie a variation on Ford(e), which I think it would be, it sh…
Book Talk » Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? » Holey plots
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 2 replies
That was the problem I had with Ishiguro's "When We Were Children". The story concerns the search of a private detective to uncover the truth about the disappearance of both of his parents in Shanghai early in the 20th c…
Chit-Chat » who's sparticus? » If he was ....
Fellraven 19 yrs ago
... she'd be Spartaca.
Book Talk » no romance, thanks! » If she's dead and they're ghost-written ....
Fellraven 19 yrs ago
... she might have written them herself, eh?
Chit-Chat » who's sparticus? » Just wait til he reaches his teens
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 2 replies
So when he goes through a worse than normal teen rebellion phase you'll have only yourself to blame for giving him a name to live up to, eh?
Book Talk » worst books thread, which are yours? » Two
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 15 replies
"The Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreeve which was as shallow as a puddle of piss and "Pleasures of the Flesh" by Laurence Haloche which provided only a tantalising glimpse of the book it could have been in the hands of a bet…
Chit-Chat » who's sparticus? » Hmmm
Fellraven 19 yrs ago
Which is presumably what was being sent up at the end of "The Life of Brian". Centurion: Where is Brian of Nazareth? Brian: You sanctimonious bastards! Centurion: I have an order for his release! Brian: You stup…
Book Talk » Which was the last book that absorbed you? (Question 2 in a series) » Absorbing books
Fellraven 19 yrs ago
At present I'm absorbed by Rushdie's "The Moor's Last Sigh", though I also find there's a limit to how much of it I can handle at a time. I have to keep putting it down because although it's one of the most rewarding boo…
Chit-Chat » If there was a button which you could......... » That's what I thought you'd say
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
As another poster has pointed out it comes down to the fact that you and I are using the word "evil" differently, and it seems we'll never agree on a single definition. This discussion could become extremely philosophica…
Chit-Chat » If there was a button which you could......... » We seem to be speaking a different language
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 5 replies
I don't regard laziness, for example, as being part of greed. Sloth yes, greed no. And how is adultery "greedy"? Irresponsible, yes. Selfish, yes. Cynical, perhaps - depending on the attitude of the adulterer. But "gr…
Chit-Chat » If there was a button which you could......... » I wouldn't have said it got heated
Fellraven 19 yrs ago
It didn't at this end anyway. Several of us simply disagreed, that's all. It happens. As far as I can see you arbitrarily chose three out of an endless list of things which might be defeatable in an ideal world but no…
Chit-Chat » If there was a button which you could......... » I agree
Fellraven 19 yrs ago
It's not possible to erase religion from the world. But there again, nor is it possible to erase disease, hunger and any of the other ills from it either and in any event we're just indulging in the millennia-old game of…
Chit-Chat » accents and class? » As I recall it (but it was a long time ago)
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
It's a young children's playground game in which one person is "it", ie Mr Wolf, and the others are, err, the others, probably lambs or something like that. Mr Wolf stands at one side of an open area and the lambs at …
Chit-Chat » If there was a button which you could......... » The problem with religion
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 2 replies
I guess it depends on how you interpret the original question. Are we talking about banning something or about creating a situation in which something ceases to exist? I had rather assumed the latter on the basis that yo…
Chit-Chat » If there was a button which you could......... » Why do you single out "sheer greed"?
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 8 replies
Why not sheer lust, laziness, selfishness or thoughtlessness? All of these and more have motivated people to treat others badly and still do. The problem I have with the definition you and fsr44 are using for "evil", …
Chit-Chat » What is paypal? » Paypal
Fellraven 19 yrs ago
It's a supposedly secure payment system for on-line transactions. Ebay uses a number of payment systems but PayPal is the most widely used by sellers and buyers because it's relatively cheap for small sellers. You need t…
Chit-Chat » If there was a button which you could......... » Agree with what?
Fellraven 19 yrs ago | 11 replies
I'm not agreeing with your basic premise that any action which causes hurt to another person is "evil", but then again I'm not a Christian and don't believe in "original sin", "the Fall" or what have you. Apart from a…

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