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- @ THE GLOWING RED MAN - RIGHT OR WRONG?
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- If you haven't read TGRM, don't bother reading this yet. If you have,
- listen up - I've got something to ask you. Yes YOU.
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- Lee Martins (the main character in TGRM) acts in a very violent way
- yet I myself feel his actions are perfectly acceptable. Yes he's a
- deviant, yes he's unemployed, okay so he's not into fashionable
- clothes but does that justify the way he was treated by society in
- the first part of the story? Did he deserve everything he got?
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- In my opinion Lee Martins is a very brave guy. "Most men lead quiet
- lives of desperation," to quote some famous git I can't remember the
- name of. True indeed. Work, eat, sleep, party... what does it all
- mean? What is the point? Do you really enjoy it or are you kidding
- yourself? Would you have the courage to pack up and leave if you owned
- as little as Lee Martins did?
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- Part 2 of TGRM shall appear - all being well - in the next edition of
- Dark Portal, though having read it, the subject matter does change to
- a more standard 'Andrew Campbell' topic (child abuse/escape). This is
- why I've brought up the subject now whilst it's clear and strong.
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- Sometimes the only way to make yourself clear - to prove a point - is
- by doing something different, dangerous or at least drastic. In the
- story, Lee Martins risks everything. In fiction, characters such as
- the purple-haired woman are of course unlikely but the idea - the
- possible way of making yourself heard - is rather powerful and
- realistic.
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- Many teenagers become isolated, trapped away from their peers for
- breaking sad little rules only a pathetic society such as ours could
- lay down. There are more such young people than you think - people
- who, if they gained enough confidence, could explode across the world
- making such a fantastic impact, standard members of the public would
- simply crumble away and realise their worthlessness.
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- In time - through years of over-the-edge fiction - Dark Portal will
- reach an apex. A story or collection of stories that simply demolishes
- the walls of reality and fiction. That piece of work - whatever it
- turns out to be - will mark the end of the war against the society.
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- I want YOUR opinions on this subject NOW. Don't sit here gawping at
- the text wondering what the fuck I'm talking about! Read it through,
- think about it, consider your own feeble little life... WHAT are you
- doing? WHY are you doing it? IS THERE ANY POINT? CAN YOU CHANGE IT?
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- Grab some paper and a pen and start scribbling. Tell us here at
- Portal what you think of "The Glowing Red Man" so far. Tell us if you
- agree with Lee Martins actions... if you think he's wrong, if you
- think he should be arrested, etc.
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- And am I right to speak as I do? Address your letters to: DARK PORTAL
- 4 ALLOE FIELD PLACE, ILLINGWORTH, HALIFAX, HX2 9ES.
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- Now go KILL your next door neighbour! He's washing that FUCKING CAR
- again! - Mr.Dark.
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