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Post by ukcat74 on Apr 12, 2007 8:04:12 GMT -5
Author Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday at age 84. He was my favorite author and his dark, satirical humor will be sorely missed.
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Post by MyBlueHeaven on Apr 12, 2007 20:27:41 GMT -5
Yes, Vonnegut was a masterful writer........an arrogant political assassin.......but, a masterful writer.
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Post by ukcat74 on Apr 13, 2007 14:51:12 GMT -5
Not arrogant, dark. I have never heard the word arrogant used in the same sentence with Kurt Vonnegut.
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Post by MyBlueHeaven on Apr 13, 2007 21:21:14 GMT -5
His collection God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian referenced controversial assisted suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian.
With his columns for In These Times, he began a blistering attack on the administration of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war. "By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East?" he wrote. "Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas."
During the course of the interview Vonnegut was asked his opinion of modern terrorists, to which he replied "I regard them as very brave people." When pressed further Vonnegut also said that "They [suicide bombers] are dying for their own self-respect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut
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Post by BlueCat on Apr 23, 2007 8:39:34 GMT -5
Sounds pretty arrogant to me.
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Post by CatDaddy on Apr 23, 2007 17:00:53 GMT -5
"During the course of the interview Vonnegut was asked his opinion of modern terrorists, to which he replied "I regard them as very brave people."
Wow!
Here I just thought they were extremists trying to tell the world how their God and religious beliefs are the only righteous one, and the rest of us that didn't believe were infidels that deserve death..
Besides, in cases like this, the word "brave", used in that context, is so similar to the words "crazy" and "stupid", that the difference can't be measured with existing technology....
Guess I'm pretty arrogant too though...LOL
-D
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