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Author: Brian M. ScottBrian M. Scott
Date: Sep 19, 2008 20:58
On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:37:21 +1200, Zeborah
gmail.com> wrote in
gmail.com> in
rec.arts.sf.misc:
> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:>> Sounds like the baddie earned "to the pain". Good doesn't
>> mean "pansy-ass nancy boy".
> Indeed, masculine and heterosexual Good Guys are quite
> well represented in literature. As, even, are female
> Good Guys. I hadn't however noticed that any of these
> groups were less likely to be merciful / more likely to
> seek revenge than effeminate or gay Good Guys.
I think that you're misinterpreting Sea Wasp's terminology:
I take 'pansy-ass nancy boy' to be roughly 'gutless wonder
who'd rather let deer starve en masse than cull the herd
(for instance)' -- someone so soft-hearted as to be
soft-headed.
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Author: ZeborahZeborah
Date: Sep 19, 2008 20:37
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
> Sounds like the baddie earned "to the pain". Good doesn't mean
> "pansy-ass nancy boy".
Indeed, masculine and heterosexual Good Guys are quite well represented
in literature. As, even, are female Good Guys. I hadn't however
noticed that any of these groups were less likely to be merciful / more
likely to seek revenge than effeminate or gay Good Guys.
(Ah, I see that Wiktionary has a third sense of "pansy" meaning "timid".
I can't say that letting a cripple live to the pain seems overly brave
to me. Perfectly understandable, of course, but not calling for any
great courage.)
Zeborah
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Author: Suzanne BlomSuzanne Blom
Date: Sep 18, 2008 13:21
> In article
> b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
> cryptoguy gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In fact, I can't think of a single Delaney work where
>> race, per se, is an issue. There are more black
>> characters than most white authors use, but they
>> are no more likely to behave badly, or nobly,
>> than the whites he depicts.
>
> I don't see how that contradicts James' claim. He's saying that black
> authors are permitted to show blacks behaving badly (in certain ways),
> white authors are not. You are describing a book where a black author
> describes blacks behaving badly, which is consistent with his claim.
>
> The fact that the author also describes whites behaving badly is
> irrelevant. If I understand James' claim, he would predict that a white
> author who showed such behavior in both blacks and whites would be ...
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Author: Dan GoodmanDan Goodman
Date: Sep 18, 2008 10:17
John F. Eldredge wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:08:36 -0700, cryptoguy wrote:
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>> On Sep 17, 4:08Â pm, James A. Donald echeque.com> wrote:>>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:00:42 -0400, J.J. O'Shea
>>>
>>>>>> Come...
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Author: Suzanne BlomSuzanne Blom
Date: Sep 17, 2008 13:25
"James A. Donald" echeque.com> wrote in message
news:7lm2d4tahmknt36smaushp34c5sg9aj6he@4ax.com...> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:55:41 -0400, Kevin J. Cheek
>> It is . . . it's worse than a stereotype. I'm not sure what to call
>> it. Somehow or other there was this idea that black people liked
>> watermelon to an inordinate degree. It became part of "gag" photos and
>> many a plaster figurine of blacks in insulting stereotypical poses.
>
> Most of it seems to be, like the blog "stuff white people like"
> affectionate ridicule. If someone actually wanted to be nasty to
> blacks, he would surely focus on aspects of the stereotype more
> hurtful than watermelons.
>
I think this is the kind of thing that can't be "affectionate" to the
intended victim. It has too many hurtful associations...
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Author: moonbeammoonbeam
Date: Sep 16, 2008 12:34
Stop by Patricia's Vampire Notes and meet Lynda Hilburn author of The
Vampire Shrink and the soon to be released sequel Dark Harvest. LIke
her heroine Kismit Knight, Lynda is a licensed psychotherapist with
an interest in the paranormal. A dynamite combination.
Read the fascinating interview with her, then make a comment or ask a
question.
There will be a chance to win a copy of either The Vampire Shrink or
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This is an online event which runs from 8:00 am on Sept. 17 until
11:59 pm on Sept. 18.
http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com
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Author: acatejracatejr
Date: Sep 15, 2008 12:36
Quite a few years ago I read a scifi book that I really liked, but
can't remember who wrote in nor the title. The premise of the story
was that in the waning days of Earth scientists sent a ship to a
remote-inhabitable planet. The ship arrived many years later and the
humans on the ship colonized the planet. Neither planet established
communication with the other. Many many years go by and Earth is
still getting by, so some government decides to send out a military
ship to check on the colonized planet and make sure they know they are
an Earth colony. The military ship arrives and the colonized planet
seems peaceful enough until the military ship tries to force Earth
based laws on them. The colonized planet had evolved to value
knowledge over money. It was a great story. Does anyone...
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Author: Terry WhittierTerry Whittier
Date: Sep 10, 2008 00:09
Archive-name: art-preservation
Posting-Frequency: Posted on 10th of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, and Nov.
Please-Note: Comments on the contents should go to Terry Whittier.
Comments on the header should go to furry.fan.org>,
which provides automatic posting services for the maintainer.
WHY GOOD ART GOES BAD - ARTWORK PRESERVATION SECRETS
by Terry Whittier 5/12/01
PREVENTING DAMAGE TO ORIGINAL ARTWORK ON PAPER FROM AGING AND CONTAMINATION
There are two main enemies of original art on paper during long-term
storage or display: Chemicals that are CONTAINED IN the paper, and
chemicals from OUTSIDE objects that come in contact with the paper.
THE ENEMY FROM WITHIN is the remaining acidity or alkalinity from the
manufacture of the paper, or the build-up of acidity due to the aging of
materials in the paper. Nasty chemicals are often used in the making of
paper products from wood and a few other fibers. Some of these
chemicals, as well as parts of the plant material, can remain in the
paper, causing it to chemically change with age and turn yellow or
brown, due to a buildup of acidity.
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Author: dminozdminoz
Date: Sep 4, 2008 00:12
I'm making my novel "The Day of the Nefilim" available for free
download as an rtf file. This should make it easy for anyone who uses
handhelds, ebook readers, etc.
You can find out more, including see some reader reviews, at
http://kale.110mb.com/nefilim/index.htm
100%% free, no strings.
/dminoz
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Author: Kevin J. CheekKevin J. Cheek
Date: Sep 1, 2008 16:36
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:26:08 +1200, zeborah@ gmail.com (Zeborah) wrote:
>Were you here when we came up with the idea of using rasfm as a
>bull-pen? Because rasfc was *not* worth the candle at the time. It was
>argumentative verging on nasty, and politics had taken over to the
>exclusion of writing. People had left, people were continuing to leave,
>and I was ->this<- close to leaving myself.
No. I was skimming the topics, as I do now, for anything interesting.
I was actually writing for a change - and note the lack of smiley.
I thank you for your kind words and explanation.
- Kevin J. Cheek
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