[SPAM] Re: [SPAM] [the_old_crowd] More random jottings - on a theme

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at ...> 
wrote:

 Who wants to post a
> differing interpretation than yours, when it simply guarantees that 
their
> words will be sliced and diced, thrown back at them with sarcasm 
and sly
> comments, and their depth of thought and ability to analyze could 
be called
> into question? You don't let a post pass, and you don't allow the 
validity
> of alternate interpretation without passive-aggressive overtones. 
YOU are
> the reason I'm not engaging in much discussion on this list, and I 
don't
> doubt it's true of a few others.
> 
> ~Amandageist
> 

Ah, this will be the same Kneasy that's just given me a heads-up that 
the new Jasper Fforde is out**, a sustained and subtle amusement on 
the joys and pitfalls of literary analysis, to quote at random:

'Jurisfiction is the name given to the policing agency within books. 
Working with the intelligence-gathering capabilities of Text Grand 
Central, the Prose Resource Operatives at Jurisfiction work 
tirelessly to maintain the continuity of the narrative within the 
pages of all the books ever written, a sometimes thankless task. 
Jurisfiction agents live mostly on their wits as they attempt to 
reconcile the author's original wishes and the reader's expectations 
with a strict and largely pointless set of bureaucratic guidelines 
laid down by the Council of Genres.'

Carolyn,
Who has often thought that participating in HP discussion groups is 
like stepping straight through one of Fforde's Prose Portals, and 
takes black amusement in the multiple SPAMs that are proliferating in 
the heading here..

**First Among Sequels