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Although I haven\'t read the book in question either, the quote in question seems to be saying \
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Although I haven\\\'t read the book in question either, the quote in question seems to be saying \\\"even if there\\\'s not some shining kingdom out there, I\\\'m not going to stand by and allow this world to continue to suck.\\\" It\\\'s saying that even if an ideal is not physically real it can still be worth working for, that the lack of concrete evidence of things like justice and wonder and the basic decency of humanity does not remove their significance.
That said, it remains a fairly shite example of the trope without further context like the villain it\\\'s addressed to.
EDIT: [[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2011/03/tf-proof-and-madness.html And context is provided by the wonderful Fred Clarke.]] (The Puddleglum bit.)
That said, it remains a fairly shite example of the trope without further context like the villain it\\\'s addressed to.
EDIT: [[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2011/03/tf-proof-and-madness.html And context is provided by the wonderful Fred Clarke.]] (The Puddleglum bit.)
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Although I haven\'t read the book in question either, the quote in question seems to be saying \
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Although I haven\\\'t read the book in question either, the quote in question seems to be saying \\\"even if there\\\'s not some shining kingdom out there, I\\\'m not going to stand by and allow this world to continue to suck.\\\" It\\\'s saying that even if an ideal is not physically real it can still be worth working for, that the lack of concrete evidence of things like justice and wonder and the basic decency of humanity does not remove their significance.
That said, it remains a fairly shite example of the trope without further context like the villain it\\\'s addressed to.
That said, it remains a fairly shite example of the trope without further context like the villain it\\\'s addressed to.
