Boycott of Arizona - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T15:57:07Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/boycott-of-arizona?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A234985&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat a bunch of crap.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-28:537324:Comment:2514322010-09-28T00:48:17.793ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
What a bunch of crap.
What a bunch of crap. I work at Ft. Huachuca, and t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-14:537324:Comment:2349862010-05-14T19:43:08.415ZJeffrey J. Mariottehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JeffreyJMariotte
I work at Ft. Huachuca, and they're already doing this. They have an aerostat in the air most days, surveilling the border and watching for smuggling activity. You can see it from 50+ miles away on most days.
I work at Ft. Huachuca, and they're already doing this. They have an aerostat in the air most days, surveilling the border and watching for smuggling activity. You can see it from 50+ miles away on most days. I live 12 miles from the Mexi…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-14:537324:Comment:2349852010-05-14T19:41:06.380ZJeffrey J. Mariottehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JeffreyJMariotte
I live 12 miles from the Mexican border, in southeastern Arizona. In 2007 Penguin/Jove published my supernatural thriller <i>Missing White Girl</i>, which deals very directly with immigration issues and is set here around my home. In it, protagonist Buck Shelton, a sheriff's lieutenant investigating the disappearance of a mixed-race teenage girl, comes to understand that there are no easy answers to the whole issue. The three main legs holding up the Mexican economy are oil money, drug money…
I live 12 miles from the Mexican border, in southeastern Arizona. In 2007 Penguin/Jove published my supernatural thriller <i>Missing White Girl</i>, which deals very directly with immigration issues and is set here around my home. In it, protagonist Buck Shelton, a sheriff's lieutenant investigating the disappearance of a mixed-race teenage girl, comes to understand that there are no easy answers to the whole issue. The three main legs holding up the Mexican economy are oil money, drug money and remittances from the US. Their oil may not last out the decade. Drug money tends to be concentrated in the hands of a very few. If we were ever able to stop businesses from hiring illegals, not only would a lot of our own prices suddenly skyrocket (fruit, vegetables, chicken, hotels, etc. etc.) but the resulting blow to the Mexican economy would send <i>even more</i> illegals here in search of whatever they could find. If they couldn't get jobs, then running dope or stealing would be other choices they might make.<br />
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The only real, permanent solution is to fix Mexico's economy, and we only have so much input there. Everything else is just short-term tradeoffs, and the Arizona law under discussion will have little to no real effect. Hah! Thanks.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-12:537324:Comment:2348452010-05-12T17:20:32.432ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Hah! Thanks.
Hah! Thanks. The person who started the th…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-12:537324:Comment:2348272010-05-12T15:18:18.014ZJon Loomishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
The person who started the thread appears to have locked it. Not sure why--perhaps she felt it was drifting off-topic.
The person who started the thread appears to have locked it. Not sure why--perhaps she felt it was drifting off-topic. But I had no career as a crim…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-12:537324:Comment:2348262010-05-12T15:12:25.773ZJon Loomishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
But I had no career as a crime writer until my first Provincetown-based mystery came out, and it was inherently political right out of the box--you don't get more obvious, politically speaking, than a homophobic TV preacher found dead and in drag on a gay beach. My audience, to the extent that I have one, is made up of people who are likely to be amused by that kind of thing. That may have been part of the reason most of the major publishers passed on the first book--that in a way it was…
But I had no career as a crime writer until my first Provincetown-based mystery came out, and it was inherently political right out of the box--you don't get more obvious, politically speaking, than a homophobic TV preacher found dead and in drag on a gay beach. My audience, to the extent that I have one, is made up of people who are likely to be amused by that kind of thing. That may have been part of the reason most of the major publishers passed on the first book--that in a way it was self-limiting in terms of potential audience size--so thank God for St. Martin's/Minotaur and their throw-it-against-the-wall business model, I guess.<br />
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I can't imagine writing a novel set in P'town that was "neutral" on the subject of gender politics, and I can't imagine liking characters that don't have strong opinions, even if I don't always agree with them. As I said above, it's really more a function of age than feeling that I'm established as a writer (if only). I don't go out of my way to offend, but I don't have any interest in going out of my way to be inoffensive, either. He's a terrific writer in any…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-11:537324:Comment:2347772010-05-11T22:45:19.847Zdoug andersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/douganderson
He's a terrific writer in anything he does.
He's a terrific writer in anything he does. I like that explanation, thou…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-11:537324:Comment:2347722010-05-11T21:31:15.586ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
I like that explanation, though Banville probably likes to make some money from a different audience. Not a whole lot of difference between his mysteries and his literary novels.
I like that explanation, though Banville probably likes to make some money from a different audience. Not a whole lot of difference between his mysteries and his literary novels. It's certainly a great subjec…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-11:537324:Comment:2347652010-05-11T19:37:15.123Zdoug andersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/douganderson
It's certainly a great subject. My answer is that people want moral engagement. They see the mess of the world and want to make sense out of it. Even writers like John Banville are writing crime fiction now. After years of exploring literary form, people are returning to plot and structure. It seems perfectly logical to me.
It's certainly a great subject. My answer is that people want moral engagement. They see the mess of the world and want to make sense out of it. Even writers like John Banville are writing crime fiction now. After years of exploring literary form, people are returning to plot and structure. It seems perfectly logical to me. You are not allowed to post.…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-11:537324:Comment:2347632010-05-11T19:27:10.299ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
You are not allowed to post. The thread is "closed." Or it was the last time I looked. The only reason I'm grumbling is that I couldn't figure out what the reason was. I thought maybe it was getting too long, but that's clearly not the case. And I have in the past been nervous about getting into politics here, so I was surprised Arizona was still cooking, (not that I object). Either way, I am utterly puzzled why Daniel closed the thread about why we read mysteries instead of literary…
You are not allowed to post. The thread is "closed." Or it was the last time I looked. The only reason I'm grumbling is that I couldn't figure out what the reason was. I thought maybe it was getting too long, but that's clearly not the case. And I have in the past been nervous about getting into politics here, so I was surprised Arizona was still cooking, (not that I object). Either way, I am utterly puzzled why Daniel closed the thread about why we read mysteries instead of literary masterpieces.