tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post5926758645168413713..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Elmo - The Everyday Herobibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-57602364643546688502008-06-28T07:03:00.000+08:002008-06-28T07:03:00.000+08:00Back to the pilot story, I think you'll find that ...Back to the pilot story, I think you'll find that successful people are often successful at many things at once. If you're a manager and want to get things done, delegate to the busiest person in the room...gnutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531420382594855447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-34177104634454875942008-06-28T04:10:00.000+08:002008-06-28T04:10:00.000+08:00Sorry, I meant: All McEwan has been saying is that...Sorry, I meant: All McEwan has been saying is that *Amis's* rants have been greatly exaggerated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-3973706487150546552008-06-28T04:09:00.000+08:002008-06-28T04:09:00.000+08:00There is indeed a ton of backstory to this debacle...There is indeed a ton of backstory to this debacle -- but I agree with you, Sharon. If you do manage to find the time (though I myself don't know how you would!!), I think this is an issue well worth speaking out on. First of all, Amis's original comments, while thoroughly insensitive and tactless, were taken entirely out of context and blown up beyond all proportion. And then McEwan, who has the whole time merely been defending Amis's right to freedom of speech, gets accused of all sorts of nonsensical crimes of his own. All he's been saying is that McEwan's rants have been greatly exaggerated. Of course McEwan is anti-religion - but he's not more against Islam than he is against any other religion. He's equally critical of all religion -- indeed, of the concept of religion in and of itself -- so calling him anti-Muslim is inaccurate and sensationalist.<BR/><BR/>-- PreetaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-63072956121032191052008-06-27T23:06:00.000+08:002008-06-27T23:06:00.000+08:00poor mcewan is constantly sensationalized and take...poor mcewan is constantly sensationalized and taken out of context. he was defending his friend, martin amis. maybe i will blog this later but there is a fair bit of backstory to factor in.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-19038319812701382912008-06-27T19:19:00.000+08:002008-06-27T19:19:00.000+08:00no! will go look.no! will go look.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-73331948802668209852008-06-27T14:58:00.000+08:002008-06-27T14:58:00.000+08:00Just wondered if you've seen the letter by Andy Ha...Just wondered if you've seen the letter by Andy Hamilton in the Independent condemning Ian McEwan for his narrow and misguided views on Islam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com