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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:19 AM Original message |
Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 is about How TV Destroys Literature |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Poor Ray, so addled he doesn't remember his own book. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. He's been a freeper for a while. Sad, but sometimes you do get more |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. he's been a freeper for a LONG while. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. He's not a freeper. |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Indeed? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. Flash: Will Shakespeare said today, |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And to think I always thought it was an anti-teen-sex rant |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. So there's no validity in the anti-censorship interpretations of his book? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe Bradbury should turn off the Faux news and read his own book. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ray clearly wrote about the acidic effect of television in "The Pedestrian" |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Sometimes when I'm reading and the tv is on |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Uh, isn't this what Al Gore is also saying? |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No, Al Gore isn't against TV. He owns a network. He's against BAD TV. NT |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. Sniff! It's sad when old people lose it. Uh, where was I? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. If you can't rewrite the book, just rewrite HISTORY. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. Wait a minute |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Sure, there can be more than one message in a book |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Bad content and misinformation can be found on teevee and in books. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I beg to differ. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. GREAT post. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That must've been cool. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. He's an absolute sweetheart. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. A Bill Moyers series vs. Ann Coulter books. Those are your only choices. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. As I said, different mediums. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. why can't you argue with the TV? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You said it right there - |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. So how do you argue with a book again? I missed that. nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I "read" your answer and I still don't know what your choice was. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. That's "ease" not "east" - too late to edit. nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yeah, but people don't reap much, so bad books are relatively harmless |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Right |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. You don't know how to read books if you think they're not selling something. nt |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. no reply necessary |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Huh? nt |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. As far as dystopian novels go, that one sucks. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well, more people are reading now than ever before - on the internet |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. One thing lately crossing my mind |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. "There is such a thing as too much education." |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. That's what's cool about art. It admits of useful and interesting interpretations.... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. I wonder if Bradbury felt the same about his TV show. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. Bradbury has devolved |
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