21 June 2006

elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Smile Fan by buttersideup)
I think I caught up with all comments... I hope so. Anyway here's the re-done post. Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions, I think this might be the final draft! Re-posting because [livejournal.com profile] azdak said she'd like to see it... *g* (The first bit is pretty much unchanged btw.)

Death Wishes and Quitting )

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Finally I came across a fabulous quote by A. A. Gill (from his TV review). He's probably my favourite journalist - I don't always agree with him, but he's intelligent, writes exceedingly well and always has a compelling argument:

'Mind you, I did enjoy meeting [as in watching] the wild-food forager who would eat only roadkill, because farmed meat was unethical. So his protein intake was harvested by lorries and SUVs as they pounded motorways. The asinine dumbness that is excused by moral self-righteousness never ceases to amaze me.'

That last line just struck me as particularly apt re. those fans who think Buffy does not have a moral obligation to use her gifts, because they were forced on her!
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Smile Fan by buttersideup)
I think I caught up with all comments... I hope so. Anyway here's the re-done post. Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions, I think this might be the final draft! Re-posting because [livejournal.com profile] azdak said she'd like to see it... *g* (The first bit is pretty much unchanged btw.)

Death Wishes and Quitting )

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Finally I came across a fabulous quote by A. A. Gill (from his TV review). He's probably my favourite journalist - I don't always agree with him, but he's intelligent, writes exceedingly well and always has a compelling argument:

'Mind you, I did enjoy meeting [as in watching] the wild-food forager who would eat only roadkill, because farmed meat was unethical. So his protein intake was harvested by lorries and SUVs as they pounded motorways. The asinine dumbness that is excused by moral self-righteousness never ceases to amaze me.'

That last line just struck me as particularly apt re. those fans who think Buffy does not have a moral obligation to use her gifts, because they were forced on her!