----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:29 PM Subject: Re: Why we are not millionaires
> > ><snip story> > > > >Which brings us to the moral: ......................... > >Since you got this story by e-mail, you're probably closer to being a > >janitor than a millionaire. > > > >Sadly, I received it also. > > > >rob > > > What about getting thrown in jail for selling produce without a dozen > different licenses or permits? Or the third year when the drought hit? The > other farmers seeing what he is doing and undercutting him? > > If it was that easy we would all be millionaires. And a million + 50 cents > would buy a cup of coffee. > > Sorry, not trying to be a downer. This may be a spoiler, but when I read > Terry Goodkind's Faith of the Fallen, I was almost crying as the story > unfolded, how the truth's seemed so evident especially since it was during > the run up to the Gulf war. Now, was it because the story supported my own > views? Very much so. If someone pointed out a book that supported a > political or economic system that I'm diametrically opposed to could I read > it agreeably, be happy with it's ending? I doubt it. Would that be my fault > or the author's? > > So if the e-mail was only a joke, sure it works. But as a comment on > society I think it fails. I doubt the story succeeds as commentary on any level. I posted it because I found it humorous. Not hilariously funny, but some species of cute/clever funny. I've never read Goodkind. The covers and blurbs (and the amount of shelf space taken up by sequels) always brought to mind the time I wasted reading Piers Anthony's Xanth series. So I'm quite clueless as to how FOTF ties into the silly story posted. (BTW, in the same situation, I would probably *been* crying. Its happened often enough, and I feel no shame in admitting it.) xponent Silly Party Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
