In a message dated 4/27/02 11:37:33 AM,
anthony.dauer@verizon.net writes:
<< His lack of self-confidence is just another sign
that he wasn't truly hardboiled to begin with. Neither are
the others except for Marlowe, they're personally weak,
hardboiled characters may be human at times but in the end
cut they're not weak. >>
Oh I see now, Anthony. You say that
self confidence is a necessary hard-boiled trait, and when I
point out a number of non-self confident hard-boiled
characters, you cleverly refute me by saying that these folks
weren't "truly hardboiled to begin with," witness their lack
of self confidence. What a wonderful circle.
Let's see if I've got this straight.
To be "truly" hard-boiled, one must not be a "scumbag," or a
"pussy," must be a "stand-up guy," and
"self-confident," and neither Eddie Coyle nor Easy Rawlins
(one of my
"others" as you call them) are truly hard-boiled. It's nice
to hear that Phil Marlowe actually made the cut. I guess he
must have been grandfathered in before you made the self
confidence rule.
Jim
Blue
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