A propagandist for whom? The book was Johnny Got His Gun, not your gun. I'm assuming you think if we had a real life Dirty Harry those bad guys would run. I would be curious if even cops take Dirty Harry seriously, like all the TV doctor and lawyer shows that have nothing at all to do with reality. Why is there no real life Dirty Harry? If we're going to quote pro war literature, then we also need to quote anti war literature, unless we aren't in the habit of looking at the all the information. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Stone To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 4/8/2006 1:06:43 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Literature as a reflection of life AA: Gore Vidal writes literature, does he not? A long time ago he did. Now he's a propagandist. p _________________ [insert pithy quote here] Paul Stone pas@xxxxxxxx Leamington, ON. Canada