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Originally Posted by porkmarras
My argument here is not that artists per se are particularly good role models as people and i don't see why they would necessarily have to be.The point i'm trying to make is that the narrow mindedness of some (in this case Bukoswki) ultimately poisons their work to the extent that it alienates rather than embrace different factions of a potential audience/readership.Comparing Orwell to Bukowski is poinless from whichever side that comparison is coming from as they are totally unrelated as writers.
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Of course, granted. It's a difficult thing to negotiate though - for all the hatefullness of Burzum, they are fucking awesome. Bukowski doesn't really sustain my interest, probably for the reasons you've illustrated above, but he doesn't particularly worry me enough to detract from him. I do, however, think that before he's put on a pedestal he should be put within a literary context.