I don't generally use the word or concept of \"evil\" any more. I guess I've seen too many awful things done by good people since then.<\/p>
But at the time, I believed it was a horrible thing.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@GeePawHill\/117346242175287141","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-28:objectType=thread:nonce=20dffa20b2e96f5b","notice_info":{"local_id":"13213996","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"13213994"}},"published":"2026-09-28T03:21:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by GeePawHill","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/117346419707397707\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/GeePawHill","displayName":"GeePawHill","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109002-original-tmp20230322094159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109002-96-20230322094159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109002-48-20230322094159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109002-24-20230322094159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"109002"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109002-96-20230322094159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"GrandPaw, Geek, Software Development Coach, Writer, Ass Pain. Continuously startled by people and people-stuff. Pronouns: Don't care, will respect yours. https:\/\/geepawhill.org","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@GeePawHill","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"GeePawHill","displayName":"GeePawHill","note":"GrandPaw, Geek, Software Development Coach, Writer, Ass Pain. Continuously startled by people and people-stuff. Pronouns: Don't care, will respect yours. https:\/\/geepawhill.org"}},"content":"
I am a \"yes\". The novel was John Irving's first huge splash, _The World According to Garp_.<\/p>
I read it shortly after it hit mass-market paperback, and then I tore it apart and put it in three different trash cans.<\/p>
Irving's a gifted writer, w\/o question. The book is enthralling, a page-turner. (He's written better since, too.)<\/p>
I destroyed the book because not a single line of it made me believe he cared about even a single character in it.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/GeePawHill\/statuses\/117346226407654558","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/GeePawHill\/statuses\/117346226407654558","objectType":"note","content":"
I am a \"yes\". The novel was John Irving's first huge splash, _The World According to Garp_.<\/p>
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I don't generally use the word or concept of \"evil\" any more. I guess I've seen too many awful things done by good people since then.<\/p>
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It's a long and very dark story, but then, so is Mistry's _A Fine Balance_ or Styron's _Sophie's Choice_. I didn't throw those away, cuz their author's loved their characters greatly, even as they went through the hell of the story.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/GeePawHill\/statuses\/117346232957918134","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/GeePawHill\/statuses\/117346232957918134","objectType":"note","content":"
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