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Saturday, December 11, 2004 |
Ursula K. Le Guin on Earthsea mini-series.
Ouch. I was looking forward to the TV Series, but it doesn't look like Le Guin has a very high opinion of it.
When I tried to suggest the unwisdom of making radical changes to characters, events, and relationships which have been familiar to hundreds of thousands of readers all over the world for over thirty years, I was sent a copy of the script and informed that production was already under way.
So, for the record: there is no statement in the books, nor did I ever intend to make a statement, about "the union of two belief systems." There's nothing at all about the "duality of spirituality and paganism," whatever that means, either.
(Via LaughingMeme's MLPs.)
1:29:08 PM Permalink
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NEOCONFEDS
NEOCONFEDS: "Meanwhile, down in Raleigh Durham, kids are learning that slavery wasn't half as danged bad as those Yankee liberals have had it fired up to be.
''Doug Wilson and Steve Wilkins have essentially constructed the ruling theology of the neo-Confederate movement,' said Mark Potok, editor of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report.
Potok said people who argue that the South should secede again have latched onto the writings of Wilson and Wilkins, which portray the Confederacy as the last true Christian civilization.'
Lordy. Lordy me.
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(Via Gibson Blog.)
12:01:51 PM Permalink
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Barlow's fight for his 4th Amendment rights
John Perry Barlow tells a pretty scary story about a ridiculous arrest at San Francisco International Airport, and his continuing battle to protect his Fourth Amendment rights.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
We've got to use these rights or lose them.
10:03:04 AM Permalink
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Christmas by the bay
Plug:This seems like it's going to be a Christmas classic for a long time, a Christmas song that is uniquely San Francisco. We have an exclusive on the sheet music at Byron Hoyt, so if you've been hearing the song in its heavy rotation on KQED and want to play it, give it a try.
9:58:10 AM Permalink
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