----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H. Torrance Griffin" <htgriffin@yahoo.com>
To: "Mark Shurtleff" <gaijin@sfcmd.com>; "Larry F" <lwf58@socal.rr.com>;
"'Fan Fiction ML'" <ffml@anifics.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:43 PM
Subject: [FFML] Re: [Fanfic][Ranma/SM] Relatively Absent: Chapter 9

--- Mark Shurtleff <gaijin@sfcmd.com> wrote:

At 05:44 PM 5/26/2004, Larry F wrote:

        Dunno why you wrote it that way, but it's not very effective
storytelling. That sort of deus-ex-machina device is, at least on the
surface, a sign of laziness on the part of the writer.

I disagree with the "not very effective storytelling" part completely -
having been told by other readers with a significant amount of "real

world

experience" that I was actually too *damn* effective.

"Deus-ex-machine"??  *snort*

This sort of comment is, at least on the surface, a sign of extreme
laziness and ignorance on the part of the reader.

Anyone who does not understand *why* there is a 95% conviction rate for
arrests in Japan hasn't bothered to do any research on the criminal

justice

system in Japan.

I see what you are saying.  I did not think the whole 'do not arrest

unless

conviction is assured' PR was true, but these fellows make the LAPD look

like

pikers.

Damm straight. the LAPD and Army MP take notes from them...

^_-

HTG




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