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LastTomorrow 09/14/19 4:42:47 PM #1:	I heard this somewhere --- Waffle waffle waffle <cite>LastTomorrow posted [p:927436558] in Is a Chris... [t:78013977]...</cite> <quote>I heard this somewhere </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SiO4 09/14/19 4:46:48 PM #2:	It's Dickensian --- "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you." ~Carl Sagan. Currently playing: Flight Simulator X.~PC <cite>SiO4 posted [p:927436721] in Is a Chris... [t:78013977]...</cite> <quote>It's Dickensian</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wewillrocku 09/14/19 4:48:44 PM #3:	no <cite>Wewillrocku posted [p:927436791] in Is a Chris... [t:78013977]...</cite> <quote>no</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VanananaHeyHey 09/14/19 4:49:16 PM #4:	It's supportive of charity both personal and institutional (though, incidentally, private in this story). Scrooge gives money to workhouses and prisons, both of which are state run and which are preferable to the alternatives of the day. It's actually really refreshing to listen to the whole book instead of just the movie versions of it to see how Scrooge is much closer to the common man than the cartoonish miser he's so easily portrayed as. The Jim Carrey version of the movie was the first time I'd ever seen or heard of Ignorance and Want [~~which are the thesis of the book, referenced in the first damn canto!~~] and that's what made me seek out the whole text instead of just rolling my eyes at the story the next Christmas. --- Please, call me Vanai. CE's official linguist, War-tor-le and Charizard <cite>VanananaHeyHey posted [p:927436820] in Is a Chris... [t:78013977]...</cite> <quote>It's supportive of charity both personal and institutional (though, incidentally, private in this story). Scrooge gives money to workhouses and prisons, both of which are state run and which are preferable to the alternatives of the day. It's actually really refreshing to listen to the whole book instead of just the movie versions of it to see how Scrooge is much closer to the common man than the cartoonish miser he's so easily portrayed as. The Jim Carrey version of the movie was the first time I'd ever seen or heard of Ignorance and Want [which are the thesis of the book, referenced in the first damn canto!] and that's what made me seek out the whole text instead of just rolling my eyes at the story the next Christmas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Skye Reynolds 09/14/19 4:51:51 PM #5:	No, but It's a Wonderful Life was unsuccessful in its initial run because it was deemed to be socialist propaganda. <cite>Skye Reynolds posted [p:927436908] in Is a Chris... [t:78013977]...</cite> <quote>No, but It's a Wonderful Life was unsuccessful in its initial run because it was deemed to be socialist propaganda.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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