tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post5031827611580031050..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: From Bob's archive: Germain Greer versus Monica Alibobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-54119307198951672002011-04-22T12:10:51.265+01:002011-04-22T12:10:51.265+01:00I enjoyed both the book and the film. I found the...I enjoyed both the book and the film. I found the relationship between Chanu and Nazneen touching - how she comes to see as well as being a bit of a buffoon he is kind, and how he, after lording over her, comes to respect her.<br /><br />James - thanks for finding the right quote.Rosiehttp://www.rosiebell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-43498697859339092242011-04-22T11:29:51.881+01:002011-04-22T11:29:51.881+01:00Brick lane is a very sound humanist novel, and the...Brick lane is a very sound humanist novel, and the film is great.<br /><br />The greatest moment is when Nazneen's husband Chanu (a Bengali 'Babu' caricature up to this point) confronts the Islamists she is associating with. They are a meeting ranting about Islam and the usual themes.<br /><br />He shouts them down, saying "MY Islam is from the heart, I don't need you." <br /><br />My street is about 15% Sylhetti and the Mosques in Ipswich are both dominated by those of Bangla origin.<br /><br />I found the book very accurate and moving.<br /><br />I couldn't gives a toss what Liberal Democrat Essex Women Greer thinks.Andrew Coateshttp://www.tendancecoatesy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-51924016799217114352011-04-22T11:18:42.641+01:002011-04-22T11:18:42.641+01:00Hi Rosie. Yes that Hitchens quote in full was on t...Hi Rosie. Yes that Hitchens quote in full was on the back of the Satanic Verses hysteria. The Hitch wrote: "Germaine Greer, always reliably terrible about such matters, again came to the fore, noisily defending the rights of bookburners."<br /><br />One of her worse moments was when she said: "If an Ohio punk has the right to have her genitalia operated on, why has not the Somali woman the same right?"<br /><br />I will return at some point to comment on the article Bob ;)James Bloodworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056322603243514660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-80436918785887440462011-04-22T09:54:20.866+01:002011-04-22T09:54:20.866+01:00Re the Rushdie affair Hitchens said of Greer that ...Re the Rushdie affair Hitchens said of Greer that she "can always be relied on being terrible on such matters" or words to that effect. Greer is brilliant on many topics but show her an exotic culture of brown coloured people and she goes gooey in the head.Rosiehttp://www.rosiebell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-24675880485954546312011-04-22T00:10:22.503+01:002011-04-22T00:10:22.503+01:00Greer's pretty damn transphobic too, so good c...Greer's pretty damn transphobic too, so good critique here, bud.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com