well -- Freedom Hall

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, [5], 6 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 22:53:04 10/04/04 Mon
Author: volt-lite
Author Host/IP: 4.27.250.92
Subject: well
In reply to: Levi 's message, "hmm, ok" on 20:27:59 10/04/04 Mon

Gilgamesh, King of Uruk lived in about 2700, and the legend is that many stories/myths were written from that approx. date forwards, some of which became the epic....

Really, you are somehow obsessed with this politeness-civility issue. When you read ( you do read sometimes don't you?) your favorite novelists or journalists or poets, do you judge them on whether they are adhering to your "niceness code"?? Ever read Mailer? He's one of the most violent writers I have read, but some of his stuff is decent (Executioner's Song), and occasionally the violence and obscenity is essential. Violence, obscenity, crassness, injustice, cruelty, nature red in tooth and claw: real writers address those topics. Is Ellison's Invisible Man nice and buddhistic? No. What about the Litkicks pantheon: Bukowski? You think he was some peaceful polite dude? I think not; nor were most of the other beats and freaks you flount....

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

I saw that movie... -- em the naz, 00:19:01 10/05/04 Tue (24.18.140.3)
- random alphabet -- biff.., 00:44:44 10/05/04 Tue (24.18.140.3)
niceness code -- Levi, 04:55:05 10/05/04 Tue (24.90.208.58)
- stress? -- an onlooker, 05:02:41 10/05/04 Tue (207.44.154.35)
  - if the shoe fits -- wear it!, 05:05:08 10/05/04 Tue (4.10.28.55)
  - smart people -- Levi, 06:45:38 10/05/04 Tue (65.215.56.2)
- you prove your idiocy and lack of lit knowledge again -- volt-lite, 09:06:15 10/05/04 Tue (4.27.250.92)
  - this is just too funny -- Levi, 10:42:22 10/05/04 Tue (65.215.56.2)
    - obviously you haven't taken it -- volt-lite, 11:20:34 10/05/04 Tue (4.27.250.92)

[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums^(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.