tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post1930713557621216761..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: A Three-Piece SnarkMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-34881442524721340202011-09-08T07:08:15.222-07:002011-09-08T07:08:15.222-07:00The usual phrase "In the hands of better writ...The usual phrase "In the hands of better writers..." ... the plot of a teenager, Shelley, being coerced by her mother into betraying her friends could be powerful stuff. You could just do historic, real cases, from Nazi Germany and Hitler Youth, Stalinist Russia and Young Pioneers, Mao's China and Revolutionary Guards, betraying their friends or parents - and parents being torn between ideology and common sense, too.*<br /><br />Heck, in the Harry Potter (really well written children's books) series, when in Book 5 an evil inquisitor with a ... certain smile takes over the school, and the kids found an army to fight (first learning proper defense), one of the girls betrays them. (Later it turns out that her mother works for the oppressive ministry and she was under pressure). Powerful scene.<br /><br />In the movie, for whatever reasons, the role was changed from "friend of love interest Cho Chang" to "Cho Chang being given Truth serum by evil inquisitor and therefore spilling the secret against her will" which is a different story.<br /><br />* There was a joke in the communist dictatorships that goes like this: <br />Two guys are in prison/ Gulag for traitors. One asks the other: "Why are you here?" - "Laziness." - "You mean sabotage?" (not fulfilling the required work per shift) - "No, see, I talked with a friend about politics, but it was late at night and raining, so I thought I had until morning to turn him in to the secret police, but he turned me in during the night."muenchner kindlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-67415309622143978292011-03-05T22:00:30.989-08:002011-03-05T22:00:30.989-08:00"Again, I've theorized that LaHaye wasn&#..."Again, I've theorized that LaHaye wasn't breathing down Jenkins's neck as much judging by how we've so far, followed Buck more and Rayford's barely been mentioned. That's my theory and so far, there's not a lot to disprove it."<br /><br />I'm betting that is true--and I wouldn't be surprised if Jenkins figured that the mulleted, jean-tuxedoed 30-year-old would be more hip with the kids than Rayford, a graying 45-year-old stuck in a lousy marriage.Rubyhttp://heathencritique.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-47789890661407305752011-03-03T09:07:47.558-08:002011-03-03T09:07:47.558-08:00All the more reason NOT to hide out with the RTCs ...All the more reason NOT to hide out with the RTCs if a dictatorship ever happens. Don't include them in your resistance movement either.Evil Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-80596719647145001212011-03-03T08:34:27.276-08:002011-03-03T08:34:27.276-08:00Well, booze is OK because it's something a Rea...Well, booze is OK because it's something a Real Man might fall into, but Drugs are Bad Forever because only bad people ever use them?<br /><br />And yeah, as I've been saying in the commentary on Soon, these guys <i>really</i> don't know anything about how an underground movement works. Or a secret police.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-23859732971163103162011-03-03T08:13:04.119-08:002011-03-03T08:13:04.119-08:00Is it just me, or does every adult who's havin...Is it just me, or does every adult who's having a mental breakdown start drinking? It'd be common, I'm sure. If all the children spontaneously disintegrated I'd probably be hitting the bottle too, but not everyone would. Where are the stress cases, the people trying to act normal, or the people get zoned out on valium instead of booze?<br /><br />"...the person who snitched on her was Shelly..."<br /><br />I guess saved is saved, but some saved are more saved than other saved. Vicky should have borrowed a page from Judd and Lionel in their treatment of Ryan: Treat the new member like dirt until they're psychologically dependent upon the group. Or maybe just, you know, not pass on dangerous information until after you know a bit more about the person's situation...Evil Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-34323581430246475342011-03-01T14:28:12.678-08:002011-03-01T14:28:12.678-08:00Hmm. "Our chief weapons are rationality, a wi...Hmm. "Our chief weapons are rationality, a willingness to examine every assumption no matter how cherished, and a nice hot cup of tea"?Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-71216378182510702902011-03-01T13:35:09.075-08:002011-03-01T13:35:09.075-08:00Cute comment, Firedrake, and thank you all for you...Cute comment, Firedrake, and thank you all for your kind words. <br /><br />Regarding the Athiest Inquistion, I'm still trying to figure out what their chief weapons are. Copies of Richard Dawkins latest?Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-88677584394093166042011-02-28T09:17:48.255-08:002011-02-28T09:17:48.255-08:00Glad you're out of the hospital!
Im sorry, th...Glad you're out of the hospital!<br /><br />Im sorry, though... I read this and I tried to imagine reading the original; I almost fell asleep in my chair. Once again nothing happens.<br /><br />Good grief. And Jenkins and LeHaye hold a Christian writers' workshop?! I know I'm learning how NOT to write while reading about this book!<br /><br />Because it's not said often enough: Mouse, thank you for reading this so we don't have to. I don't know how you keep your good humor and sanity while reading this dreck. :(Minkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436111538383318171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-59574718233057958692011-02-28T03:09:02.378-08:002011-02-28T03:09:02.378-08:00Hope you're now less in need of a hospital tha...Hope you're now less in need of a hospital than you were when you went in.<br /><br />There's not really enough of a character for a meta-Shelley fic, I fear.<br /><br />Bruce: "No, don't produce another paper. That might bring more people into RTC-dom, and there's only so much space in the hole we're digging."<br /><br />No-one expects the Atheist Inquisition! (Sorry, had to say it.)Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-5923202263975400742011-02-27T21:24:52.967-08:002011-02-27T21:24:52.967-08:00Disappoint? No... glad to hear you're out of ...Disappoint? No... glad to hear you're out of the hospital! Would I be too impertinent to ask what happened?<br /><br />What I find interesting is that even when nothing's going on at ALL, this manages to be totally dull and boring. Wait... that's every chapter. My bad.<br /><br />Seriously though, we need to have a meta-fic soon. There is so much potential for "Hey, waitaminute! This is royally screwed up" moments by the "Unsaved" kids, and yet, they all must drink the kool-aid and become uninteresting. <br /><br />And that's what I REALLY hate about the stepfordization of these kids. They actually could be interesting, until they start having their lines implanted by their newly installed turbojesus ministry chip...detroitmechworkshttp://detroitmechworks.blip.tvnoreply@blogger.com