[lit-ideas] FW: Re: The Constant Gardener - Off List

Off list.  I think in some ways you were "fortunate" to have your
experience, the way Dickens was "fortunate" to have his.  You got to see a
world few readers see, and you got to see it from, as you say, an
"unhinged" perspective.  If I were a writer, I would envy you your
experiences.  Whether sympathy or empathy is required for enduring
literature, I don't know and who really cares.  Crichton researches and
writes from his imagination.  Dickens wrote from imagination and
experience.  They're both good.  And I can relate to the emotional part. 
I've worked through a lot of stuff myself, but nothing as dramatic as
yours.  I suspect the unworked through part is the part that is keeping
your sympathy at bay, and also is the direct cause of the PTSD.  It all
lies in childhood, that's a universal.  Who knows, maybe you'll donate some
of the proceeds of your best seller to start a foundation to help the
mentally ill homeless get on their feet. And maybe not.  And that's fine. 
And that's all I have to say.




> [Original Message]
> From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/30/2006 6:17:03 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Constant Gardener
>
> I gave you my sympathies, but you have none to give others.  That's very
> sad.  Not right or wrong, just sad.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 6/30/2006 1:38:41 AM
> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Constant Gardener
> >
> > "I have no sympathy for people who give up
> >  > without a fight, and ultimately just sit in the marshland
> >  > waiting for their executioners."
> >
> > Andy: You got help to get out of your predicament. Others 
> > can fend for themselves.
> >
> > Fuck you, Andy. Unquote.
> >
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