tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post113838025876863964..comments2024-03-08T03:12:18.926-05:00Comments on Upon Further Review...: Who gives a fuck?John Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138498459394306522006-01-28T20:34:00.000-05:002006-01-28T20:34:00.000-05:00I think she was wrong to stand by the guy in the b...I think she was wrong to stand by the guy in the beginning, but now she's gone too far the other direction. Leave it alone, already. The guy is exposed, it's not like he's a criminal.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138493504585429942006-01-28T19:11:00.000-05:002006-01-28T19:11:00.000-05:00I thought Oprah took things to the extreme .... I ...I thought Oprah took things to the extreme .... I bet if she was getting a cut of the sales she would have been fine with what ever he had to say ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138456695737765512006-01-28T08:58:00.000-05:002006-01-28T08:58:00.000-05:00Oprah, like it or not, is a powerful cultural infl...Oprah, like it or not, is a powerful cultural influence. I found it deeply disturbing when she called Larry King and essentially said, "truth doesn't matter." It matters very much, and Oprah prides herself on the fact that her celebrity allows her to do good in the world. She sent the wrong message by defending this author, and she was vilified for it. Now she has used her public position to say, "I should not have said that truth doesn't matter. It matters very much."<BR/><BR/>Too bad our leaders aren't listening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138421686062041422006-01-27T23:14:00.001-05:002006-01-27T23:14:00.001-05:00I agree Fixer that people have their priorities al...I agree Fixer that people have their priorities all screwed up, especailly when the circumstances are similar in that both people are lying to them.<BR/><BR/>And sara, I understand the point, and I definitely don't think the author should be able to present his fiction as truth and go unchallenged. But I also think it's not that big a deal, and definitely not to the extent of the coverage it's getting, and I also don't think he should be treated as badly as he has been.<BR/><BR/>And Me4Pres, I really do think Oprah's book club is a good thing in that it encourages people to read. But I really wonder about why people would need someone to tell them what to read, or prod them to read in the first place.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138421662174507692006-01-27T23:14:00.000-05:002006-01-27T23:14:00.000-05:00I agree Fixer that people have their priorities al...I agree Fixer that people have their priorities all screwed up, especailly when the circumstances are similar in that both people are lying to them.<BR/><BR/>And sara, I understand the point, and I definitely don't think the author should be able to present his fiction as truth and go unchallenged. But I also think it's not that big a deal, and definitely not to the extent of the coverage it's getting, and I also don't think he should be treated as badly as he has been.<BR/><BR/>And Me4Pres, I really do think Oprah's book club is a good thing in that it encourages people to read. But I really wonder about why people would need someone to tell them what to read, or prod them to read in the first place.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138421341385622802006-01-27T23:09:00.000-05:002006-01-27T23:09:00.000-05:00I like to swear, but at home I can't do it as free...I like to swear, but at home I can't do it as freely, so it's no fun.<BR/><BR/>Now, though Shelby tells me she and her friends read this at school, so now I'm going to think about that everytime I type fuck.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138410217745919322006-01-27T20:03:00.000-05:002006-01-27T20:03:00.000-05:00I hat Oprah's book club. You should need a licens...I hat Oprah's book club. You should need a license to buy books or get them from the library. The test would check to see if you could think for yourself. If not, why bother reading the book.Scott Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235225484718294955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138400378379118272006-01-27T17:19:00.000-05:002006-01-27T17:19:00.000-05:00I think the problem with this particular book is t...I think the problem with this particular book is that it claims to debunk commonly-held ideas about how to get over addiction, but whatever you feel about 12-step programs and such, you can't fight truth with myth <I>or</I> myth with myth. It's like handing out Horatio Alger novels at the welfare office.saraeandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119958547959999754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138398560447284662006-01-27T16:49:00.000-05:002006-01-27T16:49:00.000-05:00I wish folks would show as much outrage about bein...I wish folks would show as much outrage about being lied to by their President.Fixerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138394910253516512006-01-27T15:48:00.000-05:002006-01-27T15:48:00.000-05:00Yeah, I'm pretty sure books have been around longe...Yeah, I'm pretty sure books have been around longer than Oprah's book club.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1138383058269793662006-01-27T12:30:00.000-05:002006-01-27T12:30:00.000-05:00I second all that. I was reading Anna Karenina in...I second all that. I was reading Anna Karenina in the airport, and the women next to me said, Oh, are you in an Oprah book club? I mean, it's cool that people are reading, but it's also nice to make one's own decisions.somewaterytarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146023703829418496noreply@blogger.com