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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.232.199.129

Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 09:13 pm:

Here's an interesting Guardian article (mentions Ramsey too):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jun/01/horror-conservative-party

So, is there a connection between a resurgence in interest in horror fiction (literature and film) and the Tories being in power? Discuss ...

Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.79.74.202

Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:03 pm:

Hmm, it reads a bit like astrology, but maybe when people suppress things, as I believe they must in order to support a conservative government, it'll squirt violently out the sides of their psyches.

(Yes, in my cognitive model, the mind is a sandwich.)

Protodroid (Protodroid)
Username: Protodroid

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.79.74.202

Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:04 pm:

I should have said "repress" rather than "suppress".

Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.156.20.2

Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 - 08:08 pm:

Same theory is sort of said to apply to music, that better music and so on pops up when the Tories are in power. Maybe it's true, because Westlife are now breaking up...

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