--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "llundrub" <llundrub@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Turq, I don't know why you bother. > > > > > > Because writing satire is fun. No other reason. > > > > Barry writes what he fondly thinks of as "satire" > > when somebody's opinion that he doesn't agree > > with has gotten his panties in a particularly > > painful bunch. > > > From the other side of Judy, according to some: > Its cool- I found it funny- He writes well, and > that's always enjoyable to read.
I find most of his "satire" leaden and heavy-handed, more like burlesque. I prefer a wittier and more pointed style for satire. Here's a satirist I like a lot, Charles Pierce, a columnist for American Prospect: http://tinyurl.com/ykasef And here's a really *good* one Barry wrote awhile back for alt.m.t after a long discussion with me on effortlessness vs. concentration: http://tinyurl.com/yg55sy Best piece he's ever done that I've read. Truly inspired.
