Yesterday I wrote a nondescript post on books that knock God.
It got more than 100 comments in a day — about as many as we have ever gotten on any post where we weren’t giving something away.
Now I know who buys these books: the same people who read this blog.
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“Now I know who buys these books: the same people who read this blog.”
…or just about anyone who post on an internet message board. Every board I’ve been a memeber of has had a good share of religion bashers preaching their non-belief… either seriously or as trolls.
“Now I know who buys these books: the same people who read this blog.”
…or just about anyone who post on an internet message board. Every board I’ve been a memeber of has had a good share of religion bashers preaching their non-belief… either seriously or as trolls.
yep. add one more. i read em, and didn’t take the time to comment yesterday. i guess have an extra 2 minutes today.
yep. add one more. i read em, and didn’t take the time to comment yesterday. i guess have an extra 2 minutes today.
Alas, not all 100+ were discrete posts – many were dupes (in a lot of ways). We wouldn’t want people to think you were that popular. Any mention of G-d is sure to raise hackles, plain and simple. My next book will have a now agnostic, accused pedophile former priest robbing all of Las Vegas to get money for a small child’s life saving operation.
Ocean’s 14 – The Final Cut has already been optioned to G. Clooney.
Alas, not all 100+ were discrete posts – many were dupes (in a lot of ways). We wouldn’t want people to think you were that popular. Any mention of G-d is sure to raise hackles, plain and simple. My next book will have a now agnostic, accused pedophile former priest robbing all of Las Vegas to get money for a small child’s life saving operation.
Ocean’s 14 – The Final Cut has already been optioned to G. Clooney.
I think you invented the inverse of your friend Pinker’s “Dangerous Questions.” His questions are inflammatory because the subject is taboo and “should not be talked about.”
Your question was inflammatory for a smaller reason: the subject is in the zeitgeist, so framing it as bland was disingenuous.
I think you invented the inverse of your friend Pinker’s “Dangerous Questions.” His questions are inflammatory because the subject is taboo and “should not be talked about.”
Your question was inflammatory for a smaller reason: the subject is in the zeitgeist, so framing it as bland was disingenuous.