At 04:45 PM 11/22/02 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11/22/02 12:28:36 PM,
tieresias@att.net writes:
>
><< Maybe I'm just too pedestrian and plebeian
in my
>approach to high-fallutin' literature, though.
After
>all, I think Larry Flynt's a jerk, too.
>>
>
> As far as I know, Flynt doesn't do fiction, and I
didn't realize that
>being a jerk was a disqualifier for great
writing.
Ever read anything the guy has had to say about free speech?
He's got a point, but he goes about making it in ways that
don't tend to win friends and influence people. Sorry I
didn't make the analogy clearer up front.
Brian
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