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From: rmh@Apple.COM (Rick Holzgrafe)

Date: 9 Mar 88 19:24:34 GMT

>Maybe 25 years in this business have mellowed me a little, but I think there
>should be little room (1st amendment notwithstanding) for the likes of the
>Hypercard stack entitled "Inigo Goes to Hell".  I happen to pass on these

I'm a staunch supporter of the First Amendment, and I believe that people
should be allowed to publish trash if they wish to. I think your habit
of pre-reading not only HyperCard stacks, but *anything* you give to
a 3-year old is a good idea.

Nevertheless, I agree wholeheartedly with your opinion of "Inigo Goes
to Hell".

The remainder of this posting is an open letter to its authors, and
anyone of like mind:

You shouldn't have bothered. If all you wanted was attention, well, you've
gotten it: congratulations. But what other reason did you think you had?

Were you trying to show your creativity? You didn't; you merely
ripped off Amanda, in a very obvious fashion.

Were you trying to show that you are adults, by poking fun at a children's
story? Your effort struck me as remarkably childish.

Were you trying to be satirical? You weren't successful; nothing in
"Inigo Goes to Hell" made me think any less of Amanda's stories, or
of any well-written children's literature.

Were you simply trying to be funny? I can laugh at many things,
including things that "aren't funny": war, death, disaster. People
laugh at these things because they are unavoidable, and laughter
helps us cope. But torturing kittens (or anyone innocent and helpless)
is not funny, and is not unavoidable: there is no excuse for it in
either reality or fiction.

If you wish to write underground comics in HyperCard, go ahead. But
continue the practice of titling them (as you did "Inigo Goes to Hell")
so that people can guess the nature of the contents, and *please* show
enough taste to avoid poking crude, cruel, and unimaginative fun at people
who, like Amanda, have shown themselves to be much finer HyperAuthors than
you have so far.



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