Curt Purcell wrote:
Please, please, please, bring it back on-topic or take it
off-list. I know I'm new here and probably speaking out of
turn, but some of you really need to learn how to carry out
PRODUCTIVE, ON-TOPIC discussions in online discussion
groups.
*********** Within the last few days someone brought up the
town-taming in Red Harvest and asked if any real-life
examples existed. Although subsequent examples might not
directly mention hardboiled, the relationship was understood.
If you read a little closer in this thread, you will see at
least a couple recent comments I made as to whether Spillane
will become classic or if he already is classic. The question
of what is a classic is intimately tied to the question, and
the subject of what qualities comprise a classic are also
pertinent. So, just like the town-taming question, although
hardboiled might not be directly mentioned, it is still
understood to tie back to an on-topic discussion.
I don't really mind if your definition of what is on-topic
varies from mine. But I do mildly object to your repeated
censuring of what I and several others
(many of them long-time members) do find on-topic. I have
made an attempt to keep the topic in the subject line, even
as it shifts. I humbly request that you simply don't read
them.
miker
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