tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post6022487605431453570..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Anger and Terry PratchettEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-2577660431760122172018-07-04T21:58:04.385+00:002018-07-04T21:58:04.385+00:00Disagree. Small Gods would be much less without Te...Disagree. Small Gods would be much less without Terry's anger against dogmatic and cruel religions. Many of his books are driven by anger against powerful and uncaring elites (sometimes disguised as elves)<br />As he might have said (even more now) if you're not angry about anything, you haven't been paying attention.David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590531184544289491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-65895603077940905402018-07-04T01:37:54.506+00:002018-07-04T01:37:54.506+00:00Disagree. Anger can be good depending on what you...Disagree. Anger can be good depending on what you're getting angry about. It can be a problem if you're angry all the time, about everything, and about little things. Without anger at injustice no one would be motivated to change anything. Without anger you're just like Nicholson at the end of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.<br /><br />I don't mind *agreeing* with a genius like Pratchett - although I have to take your word for it that he was a genius, as I've never read anything of his. (Oh, wait, no, I did read Strata, which I've heard is a non-funny kind of lame pre-Discworld-like novel.)Joe Dicknoreply@blogger.com