tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post5874801038422447948..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Ender's GameTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-54200327897862496112013-11-05T11:50:06.544-06:002013-11-05T11:50:06.544-06:00mike ~ Orson Scott Card is quite obviously a very...mike ~ Orson Scott Card is quite obviously a very nasty piece of work.<br /><br />It's more difficult to try to see past his disgusting rants to his literary efforts when he's still around, still being horrendously offensive. I do get that.<br /><br />Figures from the past, who have held obnoxious views of one sort or another, have the cover of history, and the excuse that "they lived in a different time", and are, thankfully, no longer around to carry on airing their offensive views. We often find it easier to give them credit for the things they did well.<br /><br />The star of my favourite movie "Ben Hur", springs to mind - Charlton Heston and his NRA and "cold dead hand" remarks; Frank Sinatra's personal failings (my all time favourite vocalist) are two artists I've had to look past the person and to their work, even when they still were alive.<br />But neither, even at their worst, was quite as obnoxious as Mr. Card.<br /><br />I was curious to see the movie though. My curiosity is satisfied, I shall avoid his stuff, written or on screen in future.<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-21028277539365410272013-11-05T09:54:16.769-06:002013-11-05T09:54:16.769-06:00P.S. - Another quote of his:
"Card argued th...P.S. - Another quote of his:<br /><br />"Card argued that homosexuality itself should be a crime. He wrote, 'Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books," and that while not every gay person should be incarcerated, the law must "be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society." His goal, he wrote, was to use the law to discourage people from being gay and drive openly gay people underground and out of view. "The goal is to discourage people from engaging in homosexual practices in the first place, and, when they nevertheless proceed in their homosexual behavior, to encourage them to do so discreetly...'"<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-peron/orson-scott-card-turned-a_b_3577590.htmlmike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-5450027974772389702013-11-05T09:35:47.005-06:002013-11-05T09:35:47.005-06:00Well, Twilight, you recently posted on the power o...Well, Twilight, you recently posted on the power of words. Some people don't know when it might be best to keep their words to themselves or amongst close associates. There is celebrity status acquired with the like-minded when individuals like Ted Cruz, Russell Brand. or Anne Coulter inadvertently show their fangs. Some people can't get past the insults to see anything good from these individuals. Such it is with Orson Scott Card:<br /><br />"From 2009 to 2013 he was a board member of the National Organization for Marriage, lending his support to a group tied directly to Prop 8 in California and other anti-equality activism across the country and around the world. In 2008 he swore, '[r]egardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down.'" - See more at: http://skipendersgame.com/#sthash.DnQY2qmd.dpuf<br /><br />Some individuals have earned high marks on my Offendometer and I simply can't get past their remarks or actions to bear witness to their good side, which I'm sure is there somewhere. I have very strong opinions (LOL), but when it comes to my actions, I try my best to put them into something fair to everyone (food bank donations, clean-up neighborhoods or the beach, elder care, etc.). I try not to find an isolated group to slay.<br /><br />I guess the author-producer of "Ender's Game" is busy right now devising his anarchist scheme to bring-down our government. Maybe he's pals with Ted Cruz, et al.mikenoreply@blogger.com