Comments on: Facing the New Totalitarianism http://blog.twowolves.co.uk/2006/03/02/facing-the-new-totalitarianism/ Toujours Le Meme Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sophia http://blog.twowolves.co.uk/2006/03/02/facing-the-new-totalitarianism/#comment-2496 Sophia Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:45:10 +0000 http://blog.twowolves.co.uk/2006/03/02/202/#comment-2496 Wolfie, This is a good post. The secularism those 'intellectuals' are defending is actually fanatism. Along with Rushdie, there was also Bernard-Henri levy (BHL), the french superstar whose wife is also an actress, not as pretty as Rushdie's wife. I bet they wrote this over a chardonnay and may be in BHL's moroccan palace ! Wolfie,

This is a good post. The secularism those ‘intellectuals’ are defending is actually fanatism. Along with Rushdie, there was also Bernard-Henri levy (BHL), the french superstar whose wife is also an actress, not as pretty as Rushdie’s wife. I bet they wrote this over a chardonnay and may be in BHL’s moroccan palace !

]]> By: Wolfie http://blog.twowolves.co.uk/2006/03/02/facing-the-new-totalitarianism/#comment-2427 Wolfie Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:33:40 +0000 http://blog.twowolves.co.uk/2006/03/02/202/#comment-2427 I think that the literary scene has been crippled by a creeping <em>Emperor's New Clothes </em>zeitgeist over the last few decades. I find it quite amusing when a new yet controversial author hits the scene as you watch the big critical hitters eye each other nervously to see who will flinch first and give it a review. If the first one to take the plunge gives a positive review the rest are sure to pile in and heap praise an a sometimes mediocre work. This in some part explains why today we have a reasonable number of decent writers but almost no decent thinkers - oh for someone who could do both! I think that the literary scene has been crippled by a creeping Emperor’s New Clothes zeitgeist over the last few decades. I find it quite amusing when a new yet controversial author hits the scene as you watch the big critical hitters eye each other nervously to see who will flinch first and give it a review. If the first one to take the plunge gives a positive review the rest are sure to pile in and heap praise an a sometimes mediocre work. This in some part explains why today we have a reasonable number of decent writers but almost no decent thinkers - oh for someone who could do both!

]]> By: earl jackson http://blog.twowolves.co.uk/2006/03/02/facing-the-new-totalitarianism/#comment-2424 earl jackson Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:16:35 +0000 http://blog.twowolves.co.uk/2006/03/02/202/#comment-2424 You're bang-on with your comments about Rushdie! At last! Someone who isn't afraid to say Rushdie can't write, let alone think. Everywhere you go you meet people who say "Yes, well, Rushdie isn't an easy read but the man's a genius!" They talk about this imposter as though he were someone of real stature, such as Nathanial West. You’re bang-on with your comments about Rushdie! At last! Someone who isn’t afraid to say Rushdie can’t write, let alone think. Everywhere you go you meet people who say “Yes, well, Rushdie isn’t an easy read but the man’s a genius!”
They talk about this imposter as though he were someone of real stature, such as Nathanial West.

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