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Today, 04:36 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Did you net see the point where I noted that I had considered it so blindingly obvious that it was satire that I didn't qualify the post itself? ...

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Today, 07:16 AM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

Champagne is also a wine but I have been reliably informed that it is best served to young blonde females, unlike ale of course that's still the...

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Yesterday, 12:27 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Including myself. I consider Lean's Brief Encounter as the best British film and if you haven't seen it you can't credibly discuss his work as it's...

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Yesterday, 08:22 AM

Emil Miller replied to a thread the book with the best ending? in General Literature

Although it's a long time since I read East of Eden, I found it a very tedious read and don't remember the ending. The last lines of The Great Gatsby...

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Yesterday, 06:29 AM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Yes, he was less-prolific than many directors, but I think that was more to do with only wanting to do films that turned him on. I can understand...

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Yesterday, 05:32 AM

Emil Miller replied to a thread What next after Jane Austen? in General Literature

If you are into bodice rippers ( metaphorically speaking of course) why not give Barbara Cartland a go?

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Yesterday, 02:28 AM

The Atheist replied to a thread Children obesity, A concern for parents by Chera McCabe in General Chat

Interesting new study on the very subject:...

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Yesterday, 02:26 AM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Stanley Kubrick. He's no Mozart, Beethoven or Rembrandt, but I'd happily put him up against Bach.

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Yesterday, 02:21 AM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Actually, if you check what I wrote, I agreed with that myself. I'll just repeat that I'm neither denying Chinese influence or the extent of it,...

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05-23-2013, 03:55 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Neither would I and putting it ahead of Citizen Kane is simply silly. However, that's the current view of Sight and Sound. In my view Vertigo...

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05-22-2013, 11:04 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Sure it is. I agree with you entirely. I wasn't damning them with faint praise so much as being lazy.

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05-22-2013, 05:53 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

And there you have it.

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05-22-2013, 05:15 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

That's a widely-held belief, but I can only disagree strongly with it. Shakespeare is a good example. His plays are more than the sum of the...

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05-22-2013, 05:11 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

No, I don't forget that at all; Europe has never had the majority of population, as anyone who can count will tell you. Nice of you to completely...

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05-22-2013, 04:51 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

That's why you need to distinguish between the proper noun "The Greatest" which can only be Ali, and the adjective "greatest" applied to boxing. ...

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05-22-2013, 04:38 AM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

That's why boxing is such an excellent subject for this kind of thing. Everyone knows who The Greatest was. Culture is pretty subjective.

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05-21-2013, 08:44 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

I thought my post was so obviously humourous that nobody would be silly enough to argue against it, but there you go. You do make some nonsensical...

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05-21-2013, 08:22 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Something I Noticed About Biographies in General Chat

That's almost right, shown by the barely-past-children whose biographies are published because they will be complete unknowns in 20,30 and 40 years'...

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05-21-2013, 05:48 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

I thought that Frank Bridge was an American until I discovered that he was Britten's teacher. The 'saddest music of all time' is obviously a...

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05-21-2013, 07:00 AM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Children obesity, A concern for parents by Chera McCabe in General Chat

I would have given a link but Cafolini is on my ignore list and I didn't see his post. In any event, I would always take the word of a qualified...

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05-21-2013, 04:58 AM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Given its size, I don't know why Texas joined the union anyway. Of course, the downside to remaining an independent country would have been to have...

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05-21-2013, 01:56 AM

The Atheist replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

Greatest and most influential culture of all time: The British Empire. Those nations we didn't destroy the culture of, our descendants, Americans,...

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05-20-2013, 05:37 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Children obesity, A concern for parents by Chera McCabe in General Chat

Well I would have had to say it constantly, given the number joggers, but I do admire those who have decided to fight back against the unsightly...

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05-20-2013, 04:25 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Orwell's other Novels in Orwell, George

Yes but as you mentioned Orwell's chest problem, I thought you were referring to the tuberculosis that killed D.H. Lawrence. I couldn't make a...

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05-20-2013, 03:08 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Orwell's other Novels in Orwell, George

The tragedy of it, had he not been a chronic smoker, he probably would have lived for years, because his TB would have been much more treatable and...

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05-20-2013, 03:05 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Orwell's other Novels in Orwell, George

Do you mean D.H. Lawrence ?

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05-20-2013, 02:39 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Children obesity, A concern for parents by Chera McCabe in General Chat

I happen to live near a large green public space where I have often walked the two miles circumference as an antidote to a burgeoning waistline. I...

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05-19-2013, 05:59 PM

The Atheist replied to a thread Children obesity, A concern for parents by Chera McCabe in General Chat

Yes, there should have been a link, as the answer was in the article: Only the wrong kind of pork in that, sorry. Link:...

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05-19-2013, 02:03 PM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

Well yes he has been well recorded but, apart from the occasional performance of the Les Biches ballet, his other works do not seem to feature as...

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05-19-2013, 08:22 AM

Emil Miller replied to a thread Children obesity, A concern for parents by Chera McCabe in General Chat

. Britain is “essentially a nation of lazy porkers”, a top health expert claimed today. Professor Craig Currie hit out after new figures showed the...

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