Erratica Reduex

Orson Scott Card, (who based on his writing is "So far in the closet he can see Narnia"), has published a novella called "Hamlet's Father", that purports to improve the language, and tell us "what's really going on".

To spoil a book that really needs to be spoiled, what's going on, is that Hamlet has no angst, but is morally certain (none of that angst or questioning what happened after death). He also has no problems with Claudius, who is an excellent king, and completely innocent of murder. And best of all, Hamlet's father is an evil, hellbound gay homosexual pedophile, who molested prettyu much everyone in the court except for Hamlet. Yeah. I kid you not.

Oddly enough, reactions haven't been that positive. Amazon.com reviews haven't been positive,  Twitter launched a buyabiggaynovelforscottcardday hashtag. Writer Scott Lynch did a "so much less gay" treatment of Henry V in the vein of Card's revision. It's spawned a long discussion on metafilter, and even the Guardian has picked up the story.

Personally, I am not surprised. Orson Scott Card has not only been hateful and disturbing in his anti-gay obsession, but I also noted that even his earlier books such as Ender's Game really are propaganda for his two other beliefs: that child abuse is OK, and that as long as the intent is rightous, any action is aceptable. the main difference I see between Ender's Game and Hamlet's Father, is that back in the day, Card was more adept at hiding his message. Either the rumors that Card had assistance on Enders game is rue, or the Brain Eater has completely destroyed his ability to write.

Oh boy.  Just look at what the silly fringe of Christianity is doing now.   Having fixed the problems of war, poverty and social injustice, the Passion For Christ is turning it's sights onto the next greatest problem with America: teenage masturbation.

In an effort to shape the youth of America into happy little sinless zealots, they are even giving out T-shirts!  T-SHIRTS! 

T-shirts like these:





That's right, stop touching yourself, and you get a T-shirt! 

They also have the standard shirts like "Ex Homosexual" and "Ex-Atheist", as well as "Ex-Rebel", "Ex-Diva" and "Ex-Hypocrite", which are kind of "meh" inducing.  But the "Ex-Slave" T-shirt now, while it's supposed to be all about no longer being slaves to our passions, etc., I can see how it is going to be perfect for all kinds of  wacky misunderstandings.  In fact, I can hardly wait until an earnest white guy wearing that shirt goes wandering through say, Watts or Oakland late at night.