home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.books.inklings      Discussing the obscure Oxford book club      1,925 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 994 of 1,925   
   Roberto Abajo to Steve Hayes   
   Re: C.S. Lewis: enemy of the Golden Rule   
   01 Dec 07 20:57:08   
   
   XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: replies@ng.only   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote in   
   news:mmu9k3psq5ho7vv07r782fln7fde6do97r@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:27:02 GMT, Roberto Abajo    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   ....   
   >>>   
   >>> I won't quote it all, but here's a snippet:   
   >>>   
   >>...   
   >>> You can find the whole thing at:   
   >>>   
   >>> http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/lg/lg1.html   
   >>>   
   >>> Comments?   
   >>   
   >>My first comment is that the author appears to have dipped widely into   
   >>CSL's non-Narnian works without pausing to actually listen to the   
   >>proper sense of the words, as though building a case for the   
   >>prosecution.  ("I'll be judge, I'll be jury," said the cunning old   
   >>Fury, "I'll try the whole case and condemn you to death.")   
   ...   
   > Thanks very much for that.   
   >   
   > I think you've got it exactly right, and the examples you give are   
   > good ones.   
      
   Thank you.  It's relatively easy to fight "ignorant slander", as it has   
   been called elsewhere on this thread, especially when propelled by anger.   
      
   RA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca