Right now I can't get the link to work to the actual article, but I could "net" the comments. Is this one of his "Modest Proposal" kind of statements? Niven loves to yank chains, to speculate, to poke folk where they're tender. He has that trust fund, and he doesn't have to fear much of anything (accept maybe an IRS audit that was a vendetta. That would be a problem even for him.)
One of the commenters wondered if Niven was yanking chains. The concern was expressed that while he may have thought he was joking, the folks he was addressing took his advice seriously.
I like the part where the writers stopped listening to the folks asking the questions and started spinning off on their own pet subjects. Gee, just like the Lounge.
It will probably work later. I'll try back, I haven't done Kos for a few days.
Yes, the spinning off sounds all too familiar, doesn't it?
I do see their point. I would not say ANYTHING about the stuff I dream up for books. Not to the current administration. But then I have a teeshirt and a bumper sticker from Making Light -- the one that starts "I deeply resent..."?
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Date: 2008-04-30 08:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-30 08:34 pm (UTC)One of the commenters wondered if Niven was yanking chains. The concern was expressed that while he may have thought he was joking, the folks he was addressing took his advice seriously.
I like the part where the writers stopped listening to the folks asking the questions and started spinning off on their own pet subjects. Gee, just like the Lounge.
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Date: 2008-04-30 09:21 pm (UTC)It will probably work later. I'll try back, I haven't done Kos for a few days.
Yes, the spinning off sounds all too familiar, doesn't it?
I do see their point. I would not say ANYTHING about the stuff I dream up for books. Not to the current administration. But then I have a teeshirt and a bumper sticker from Making Light -- the one that starts "I deeply resent..."?