A while back King had a bit that ended up being somewhat anti-gun, and that made me really think about ever reading his stuff again...
This one finalized the deal. Won’t even watch The Mist now... |
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wonder what all those military pilots would have to say to mr king. |
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josh b
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Whatever it is, I bet it can be summed up using one finger... |
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Soooo...I guess that BS in Aerospace Engineering (with honors), qualified Nuclear Engineering Officer, Iraq War veteran by choice (as a Naval Officer on submarines I had to volunteer to go), currently a test engineer just doesn’t measure up for Mr. King...I guess being a rocket scientist and joining the military must be just scraping the bottom of the barrel.
It never ceases to amaze me how some are shocked that I served of my own free will and was proud to do so. |
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Now I’m confused.
When I was stationed in Camp Pendleton, I thought I was reading the Bachman books. According to Mr. King, I was just enjoying the pretty pictures on the cover. |
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Sounds like he’s channeling John Kerry. As I was reading Kings quote all I could think of was,You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq. |
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I guess he won’t expect any of the troops to read his books then.
After all, they can’t.
Arrogant east coast liberal tool. |
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...his ignorance of the military... It’s such shabby and willful ignorance. He maintains it only by keeping his eyes tightly shut in the face of plain and abundant evidence contradicting his assertion that US military operations in Iraq are a haven for illiterate losers. Unable to defend this inane slander, he’s reduced to spinning and blustering, changing the subject and even to simple-minded bullying.
Witness this, the statement he posted Monday on his official website:A message from Stephen
That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt. Noel Sheppard says, “Nice sentiment when the nation is at war, Stephen.” I guess he feels ignorance and illiteracy are OK when the country needs cannon-fodder. I guess he also feels that the war in Iraq has nationwide approval. Well, it doesn’t have mine. It is a waste of national resources. . . and that includes the youth and blood of the 4,000 American troops who have lost their lives there and for the tens of thousands who have been wounded. I live in a national guard town, and I support our troops, but I don’t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career—military or otherwise. If you agree, find Sheppard on the internet, and send him an email:
“Hi, Noel—Stephen King says to shut up and I agree.”
Steve
Posted 5 May 2008 To state, for starters, the obvious, Sheppard didn’t impugn King’s patriotism because he said children should learn to read. And then, what is all this "I guess he feels" nonsense? Can he not just address, directly, what Sheppard actually said and maybe make an actual effort to defend his own original words? Offering his general disapproval of the war, by the way, does not in any way support his ridiculous assertion that illiterate "cannon-fodder" are fighting it.
There’s certainly no mystery as to why King elects to cap off his message with that devastating rejoinder, shut up, and to enlist others to join him in shouting it. He has no credible response to offer and he knows it. |
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I thought all the illiterate losers worked at comcast. |
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and that includes the youth and blood of the 4,000 American troops who have lost their lives there and for the tens of thousands who have been wounded. All of whom who can’t read, right Steve?
Good on ya, you well educated idiot. |
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not smart stephen. i always thought that stephen king books were FOR folks who didn’t read. |
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as opposed to those of us who can’t put a sentence together properly ;) |
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i really hate when people talk about the military and know absolutely nothing about it. they get their information from some war movie and probably never met a service member. the popular stereotype for the army are mindless thugs that run around all day in formation and yell kill kill kill. yes while we do run around from 630-730 and sing cadence. we also go thru all sorts of equal opportunity courses, safety courses, first aid medical training, hazardous material training, weapons training, equipment training and on top of that all my senior NCOs woulds encourage us to take college courses on our spare time. of course its easy to make stereotypes about what the military is about when all you see on movies and tv’s are guys running around a combat zone with guns. |
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You wouldn’t get past the ASVAB if you couldn’t read. Full stop. End of military career. |
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OK, the best comeback that an author who, you know, writes for a living can come up with is "Shut up." And he’s accusing the military of being illiterate?!?
Acute situational irony is the reason I get up in the morning. |
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