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**ehib8yPc** · 03-25-2009, 04:58 AM

As I said on the other Kindly Ones thread:

Whether prejudice is confirmed or not, I read Ruth Franklin's longish review, and she came to exact same conclusion I came to without having read the book.

First of all, it would be nice to debate with people that come with opinions about the Holocaust. Secondly, as you Mirabell, have, if I have understood correctly, both German and Russian forebears, and have lived in the GDR, it would nice hear your opinions of the book. You did, after all, reply to my comments in #2, literally within minutes, albeit with only a dozen words. Yet you rarely engage in debate with other people.

Mirabell said:

prejudice is always easily confirmed. that's the nature of the thing.
It's a wonderful soundbite, but what are YOUR opinions about a nine-hundred page novel, based wholly on other people's work, that critics say wallows in sadism and does not add anything to Holocaust understanding? Because although I had not read the book, the reviewers awakened my intuition. Intuition is a very useful asset. And reviews I have read confirm my suspicions that this is an opportunist, out for himself and his own glory.

03-25-2009, 04:58 AM	#33
ehib8yPc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 564 Senior Member	As I said on the other Kindly Ones thread: Whether prejudice is confirmed or not, I read Ruth Franklin's longish review, and she came to exact same conclusion I came to without having read the book. First of all, it would be nice to debate with people that come with opinions about the Holocaust. Secondly, as you Mirabell, have, if I have understood correctly, both German and Russian forebears, and have lived in the GDR, it would nice hear your opinions of the book. You did, after all, reply to my comments in #2, literally within minutes, albeit with only a dozen words. Yet you rarely engage in debate with other people. Mirabell said: prejudice is always easily confirmed. that's the nature of the thing. It's a wonderful soundbite, but what are YOUR opinions about a nine-hundred page novel, based wholly on other people's work, that critics say wallows in sadism and does not add anything to Holocaust understanding? Because although I had not read the book, the reviewers awakened my intuition. Intuition is a very useful asset. And reviews I have read confirm my suspicions that this is an opportunist, out for himself and his own glory.
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