In a message dated Mon, 11 Dec 2000 6:34:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, radman <resist@best.com> writes: << radman says: I have read this book, and I would like to second the recommendation that it should be read. It it written in a highly entertaining and engaging style and the conclusions drawn are tough to dispute. Be aware, though, that the author, Jim Goad, although highly literate, published the VERY controversial 'zine "Answer Me!", which included rape fantasies, among other really weird stuff. He is currently in an Oregon prison serving a two-year term for beating the crap out of his girlfriend, which he gleefully recounts in the book "Apocalypse Culture II." White trash, indeed! ---- Hell, get his email address. I think he could make an interesting contribution to the list. Rape fantasies? Beat his girlfriend? That's no surprise. One thing about Goad is that he makes no attempt to idealize or glamorize white trash. He presents them as they are. He certainly doesn't glamorize liberals either. In spite of his personal flaws, the book is well worth reading. If every piece of literature had to be written by a saint before deemed worthy of reading, we would all remain very ignorant indeed. ~ Michael Wright Norman, Oklahoma
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