Everybody knows Anne Rice is a best-selling novelist? I hadn't heard that name until about 3 minutes ago.

A quick visit at WP gave me the impression of a transvestite and religious nutjob writing vampire porn.

Next step: realising that "Christ" is a pretty discriminatory character himself.

"He who is not with me is against me..." (Mt. 12:30 and Lk. 11:23)

Not to mention how he fully supports the OT laws (including stoning adulterers, gays, rape victims and disrespectful children): Mt.5:17-18


This idol worship of Jeebus is plain ignorance and cowardice. Grow a personality and learn to be moral for humanity's sake!

>> ^radx:

Everybody knows Anne Rice is a best-selling novelist? I hadn't heard that name until about 3 minutes ago.
A quick visit at WP gave me the impression of a transvestite and religious nutjob writing vampire porn.


What a useful and constructive post, I like the part where you brag about being ignorant. Yes, most people recognize the name Anne Rice because she wrote a few vampire books including one called Interview with a Vampire... a book which was made into a movie starring a couple of little known thespians from a little town called Hollywood named Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. So yeah, most people over 20 have heard of Anne Rice.

Sorry, I'm not a fan of hers either, but what a stupid comment. "Oh somebody I've never heard of, why don't I look them up on wiki, scan the page for a couple seconds and tell everyone what opinions I've formed!!"

@mizila
What a cunt! I didn't know who the bitch was either, and I did the same thing as @radx. I would say we probably know more about the lady than you after our brief scan. Also, way to rant about something completely off-topic! way to read 2 sentences from someone and form opinions not only about them, but anybody who doesn't know of an author (of vampire books, no less) and would have the audacity to put a video into context by looking her up first. FUCK YOU and the high-horse you rode in on.

Concerning the video: I was disappointed that she found all of these things wrong with her church, but still cannot take the last step and drop the whole idea.

Awfully hypocritical of you there rgroom, essentially acting exactly like the thing your trying to point out if not worse. Chill. Mizila made a perfectly good point in that anyone who's read more than 10 books in their lives and actually browsed a book store a couple times should have at least seen her name a few times. She isn't a small thing by any stretch.

In any case I agree wholeheartedly with rgroom on his second statement. Its just so close yet so far. I think if she genuinely looked at it and was totally honest with herself it would be more like "I love the IDEA of Christ" but unfortunately the actual Christ as reported on in the ye olde book composed by committee is exactly all the things she was professing to be against.

1) I didn't "brag" about being ignorant, I simply insinuated that not everybody has heard of her - including myself and what I'd assume to be the vast majority of people on this very continent - the same majority who have never heard of Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky either.

2) I do know about a particular movie called "Interview with a Vampire" and until earlier today, I didn't have the slightest clue - nor interest - as to who wrote the story it's based on. The same applies to hundreds of other movies, while we're at it.

3) I have no opinion of her, since I don't care about her. The purpose of my ocmment was to mention the odd impression one might get while reading the summary of the respective WP article - since she was born "Howard Allen" and is an "author of gothic, erotic, and religious-themed books". That is no reflection on her, but on the information revealed about her by the author of said article.>> ^mizila:

What a useful and constructive post, I like the part where you brag about being ignorant. Yes, most people recognize the name Anne Rice because she wrote a few vampire books including one called Interview with a Vampire... a book which was made into a movie starring a couple of little known thespians from a little town called Hollywood named Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. So yeah, most people over 20 have heard of Anne Rice.
Sorry, I'm not a fan of hers either, but what a stupid comment. "Oh somebody I've never heard of, why don't I look them up on wiki, scan the page for a couple seconds and tell everyone what opinions I've formed!!"

Recent article
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-22/12804372465630.xml&storylist=entertainment


2008 articles

http://blog.nola.com/susanlarson/2008/10/anne_rices_memoir_casts_her_in.html

http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-10/1204698076267450.xml&coll=1


2008 article about her son Christopher Rice
http://blog.nola.com/susanlarson/2008/03/book_tour_for_fourth_novel_bri.html

mizila:

It's a very sad statement to say the vast majority of the population never heard of Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, though if true, and if you're one of those unfortunate souls, why are you surprised by the fact you've never heard of her before? books clearly aren't your strong suit.

This is one of those posts you click on to see WTF the fuss is about.

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Ok, first of all let me say I'm actually not a big fan of off topic comments and I really should've left my comment on radx's profile, not here... my apologies. But I will defend myself here...

@rgroom1 | You start off by calling me a cunt, and then say you didn't know who "the bitch" was either... I really didn't read anything further than that, but I assume it was all just as classy. So, well played I guess.

@radx | Neat, we get to do the number thing. (1) You're right, you didn't "brag" about the fact that you are ignorant. You were just pointing out how wrong they were to say "everyone" knows her, when in fact there are people out there who are unfamiliar with her work. This is a good point, people should stop saying "everyone" unless they've done a poll and it truly applies to everyone in the known world. (B) You're right again, most people have no idea and simply don't care what the source material is for the movies they watch. Unless of course it's a comic book movie. Anyone who does know more than what makes it through the Hollywood filter should just shut up, if it wasn't in the trailer it must not have been important. (III) After re-reading your comment, you are again correct. Your post doesn't have anything to do with Anne Rice. Really, you're just saying, "Man guys, if you don't know who Anne Rice is and go look it up on Wiki you'll get some surprising information from the author of said article. And that is totally a comment worth posting.

@NinjaInHeat | I'm fairly well read, and I know who Rice, Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky all are, I think you got confused somewhere.

@gorillaman | You can't compare this foolishness to the epicness that is Jon Peters Buys a Volvo

I stand corrected guys. I'll try to keep my opinions on individuals and their comments out of the video's comments section from now on. Move along...

mizila, oops, that was meant for radx