Posted by Mike Dennis on July 25, 2003 at 19:43:15 from 195.92.67.67 user MTD.
In Reply to: politicised locals (was posted by Katharine Edgar on July 25, 2003 at 17:43:07:
A good response to a difficult question, and the original post made me uneasy with the wholesale rubbishing of a political theory with 'Marxist nonsense'. I am tempted to ask what reaction I would receive if I talked of 'Christian nonsense', 'Tory nonsense' ('Republican nonsense' for our USA friends)?
The fact that a work of fiction raises a whole variety of questions on many issues is a tribute to the writer concerned, but to dismiss such thoughts you disagree with by using any handy flippant remark just devalues both.