From: hjkhjkhd@hhhh.com
"Martha Bridegam" wrote in message
news:WJZoh.14629$yC5.6339@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
> ROBBIE wrote:
> ...
>>> The "Man of Action" business is all very well for some kinds of writers
>>> but not for others.
>>
>> Deary me, Ms Bridegam, that was one hell of a weak retort and we're only
>> nine days in to 07.
>
> Then you'll be able to explain why all varieties of poets should be
> required to write under bombardment or not at all?
>
I didn't say that and you KNOW FULL WELL i didn't. I remember this form of
argument from teenage years well. It won't wash.
Aside to the rest of the newsgroup: Does Mizz Bridegam's retort wash?
Cos I don't think so.
>>
>>
>>
>> You'll recall there were other times, in "Inside the
>>> Whale" and the letters from Morocco, when Orwell felt the best anyone
>>> could do in a world war was to preserve a humane corner of the world
>>> against encroaching regimentation and brutalization.
>>
>> He didn't do that - he could have done that perfectly well in England but
>> no, he suited himself. He didn't come back, he stayed in the US and
>> fucked his teenaged boyfriend and had an easy war....
>
> ...in contrast, I gather, to the complete and utter heterosexuals who
> served in HM's armed forces, not excluding the Royal Navy?
Are you really trying to railroad this into a tired false dichotomy
Berekelyade about homosexuality? Loads of homos fought bravely in ww2 - I
dare say some fought, fucked *and* wrote poetry. This isn't about hoooomoooofooobiaaah. They didn't write fancy-arse stuff about
dictators and then run off for an extended saturnalia in America while their
fellow countrymen actually did the job. Auden did. He didn't actually want
to do anything about it. That was my original point and I'm sticking by it
because I think it's right. Orwell had his number on this subject when he
spotted 'necessary murder'.
ROBBIE
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