From: "Dave Coull" <coull2-AT-btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: and now back to the war
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:51:24 +0100




Erik wrote


>> When i joined the list, Tad Kepley was on his way out, and far from
>> the seemingly witty writer he used to be before (at least that's how
>> you presented him). 


And Carp commented


> Oh, he had a funny streak, but that was rarely displayed.  Mostly 
> his flame-art was rudeness carried to an extreme that drew embarrassing
> laughs


I think you mean "embarrassed" laughs


> and an ability to verbally depict body functions and excretement
> that bordered on artistic.  


He certainly talked a load of shit


> He claimed that he had written porn
> professionally but I never saw it.   


He was a proven liar in many respects.
 
If he did write porn, it was probably very bad porn.
The kind that provokes disgust rather than arousal.
The best porn writing isn't just about bodily functions.
The best porn writing gets inside the minds as well
as the bodies of those concerned and communicates 
the turbulent mixture of things that they are  _feeling_ . 
The best porn writing communicates about folks trying 
to  _avoid_ being aroused, and yet becoming aroused 
despite trying not to be. The best porn writing is erotic, 
imaginative, and artistic. I don't believe for one minute 
Kepley was capable of that. 


Dave Coull