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Originally Posted by Nate the great
When read as a whole the essay is over the top. Mr. Card is a subtle and skilled writer, and the essay was incredibly inflammatory. It is very likely that he did not intend it to be taken literally.
That is what I see as the context of the essay.To leave out the rest of the essay does twist the meaning of the quoted passage.
Plus, you dug up a 7 month dead thread with a post that was entirely off topic and did not have a link to the source of the quote. You created a situation where one has to consider your intentions. It looked like your intention was to be malicious. That is why I responded the way I did.
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I see no evidence whatsoever that he didn't intend it to be taken literally, your fanboyism for Card aside. Not taking it literally because you think he's a skilled writer seems intellectually dishonest to me.
As for digging up a 7 month dead thread, it was linked to (in the similar threads list below) by a review of a Card novel that was posted today. And if you read back through the succession of posts, a good number contain little more than statements of like or dislike for Card or Rowling for one reason or another, and I'm not sure I'm any more off topic than them. Perhaps my responding to your flames is, but when I'm unfairly attacked, I feel the need to respond.