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Regarding the rumor about the title of Book Six:
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angua9 wrote, as a con (she wrote some "pro"-bits too):
She's been using mostly common English words in her titles, and generally *not* conceptual or thematic ones. Well, except for 'Azkaban,' I guess.
So here's why I think the page is a fake:
Azkaban had been mentioned in the previous book (and, for that matter, so had Order of the Phoenix) so when she uses a "made up" word, it's only been something we've seen before. Storge, according to the quick text search I just did of OotP, did not show up in that book, and I think I would recall if it had been in GoF.
Aaron & I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 last night. There wasn't much, in terms of facts, that I didn't already know, as, per my LJ, Salon.com is my news source of choice. But the emotion, especially with the woman who lost her son, and the parallel to the woman in Iraq whose family lost homes, did blow me away. We went with a number of friends, and some of them hadn't kept up on some of the news bits, like the flights of the Saudis from the US after 9.11, and were flaberghasted about it. It was a great, active crowd, and MoveOn was right outside, leafletting - someone filmed me taking a leaflet, and for a moment, I wondered whether Ashcroft had people impersonating filmmakers now...
Even if you think Moore is a propagandist and a manipulator, you ought to see this film, just so you know what you think you should be pissed off about. I mean, remember last Spring, when there were complaints from Mel Gibson and his fans that the complaints about The Passion were coming from people who hadn't seen the film and thus shouldn't have the right to criticize it? If you ever said or thought *that*, and won't see F-9.11, but *will* criticize F-9.11, then I think you need to examine your consistency and principles. If you didn't say that then, though, well, feel free to criticize F-9.11 all you wish without any concern that you're being a hypocrite.
angua9 wrote, as a con (she wrote some "pro"-bits too):She's been using mostly common English words in her titles, and generally *not* conceptual or thematic ones. Well, except for 'Azkaban,' I guess.
So here's why I think the page is a fake:
Azkaban had been mentioned in the previous book (and, for that matter, so had Order of the Phoenix) so when she uses a "made up" word, it's only been something we've seen before. Storge, according to the quick text search I just did of OotP, did not show up in that book, and I think I would recall if it had been in GoF.
Aaron & I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 last night. There wasn't much, in terms of facts, that I didn't already know, as, per my LJ, Salon.com is my news source of choice. But the emotion, especially with the woman who lost her son, and the parallel to the woman in Iraq whose family lost homes, did blow me away. We went with a number of friends, and some of them hadn't kept up on some of the news bits, like the flights of the Saudis from the US after 9.11, and were flaberghasted about it. It was a great, active crowd, and MoveOn was right outside, leafletting - someone filmed me taking a leaflet, and for a moment, I wondered whether Ashcroft had people impersonating filmmakers now...
Even if you think Moore is a propagandist and a manipulator, you ought to see this film, just so you know what you think you should be pissed off about. I mean, remember last Spring, when there were complaints from Mel Gibson and his fans that the complaints about The Passion were coming from people who hadn't seen the film and thus shouldn't have the right to criticize it? If you ever said or thought *that*, and won't see F-9.11, but *will* criticize F-9.11, then I think you need to examine your consistency and principles. If you didn't say that then, though, well, feel free to criticize F-9.11 all you wish without any concern that you're being a hypocrite.
