tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post7332607958564971342..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: Is The Prisoner A Club Member? David Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-75246110133996236602014-05-19T13:37:16.884+01:002014-05-19T13:37:16.884+01:00A club for those who don't want to be club mem...A club for those who don't want to be club members? Society of non-conformists? - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-15144767710552979472014-05-18T17:57:03.815+01:002014-05-18T17:57:03.815+01:00Sorry, I read it several times and tried to get yo...Sorry, I read it several times and tried to get your point of view. But despite the usage of present tense the second paragraph still clearly refers to Sir Charles's club or clubs the Prisoner would have visited - as a member or not. Therefore it refers to the series and clubs of the 20th century. No need to argue.<br />A3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-24838876937740515582014-05-18T12:54:59.860+01:002014-05-18T12:54:59.860+01:0015 days ago David wrote "The next day Sir Cha...15 days ago David wrote "The next day Sir Charles took the Prisoner/Colonel to his club, their favourite dish was on the menu, Jugged hare…….."<br />This is in the past tense, as it should be, being about the 20th century. Therefore, when it's in the present tense by the same writer on the same subject it's about contemporary club life. I don't understand why you find the distinction so difficult to grasp. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-23850194194144065112014-05-18T09:39:49.306+01:002014-05-18T09:39:49.306+01:00Let me quote it: "And as for Sir Charles'...Let me quote it: "And as for Sir Charles's club, well that's a gentleman’s club no doubt. The kind of club .." <br />Just read it in context. <br />A3<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-44472996507140707992014-05-18T09:10:35.639+01:002014-05-18T09:10:35.639+01:00"The second paragraph clearly refers to Sir C..."The second paragraph clearly refers to Sir Charle's club and clubs like his. 20th century."<br /><br />Please prove the above statement.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-13191491781930717512014-05-18T08:19:42.063+01:002014-05-18T08:19:42.063+01:00The second paragraph clearly refers to Sir Charle&...The second paragraph clearly refers to Sir Charle's club and clubs like his. 20th century. You simply got it wrong. <br />A3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-62179906574825150392014-05-18T00:47:23.825+01:002014-05-18T00:47:23.825+01:00David's stumbling piece begins in the past ten...David's stumbling piece begins in the past tense and ends in the past tense when he is referring to events of some time ago both fictional and factual. The middle paragraph is in the present tense and therefore refers to the, um, present.<br />David's knowledge of 21st century gentleman's clubland is as woeful as his understanding of 21st century independent education.<br />Although he writes in the present, his views are stuck in the past.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-52655543586222282472014-05-17T10:38:09.855+01:002014-05-17T10:38:09.855+01:00It is perfectly acceptable to write in terms of pa...It is perfectly acceptable to write in terms of past-set fictional characters in the present tense. For example, were we to have a discussion about which side runs The Village in the series, it would be perfectly acceptable to write "the village is run by the Russians" rather than "the village was run by the Russians". So wassup?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-38437914311747973192014-05-17T09:52:42.765+01:002014-05-17T09:52:42.765+01:00I think my fellow "anonymous" has overlo...I think my fellow "anonymous" has overlooked the fact that David writes on this matter in the present tense. As a published writer, he would know the difference between past and present tense and would have used the past tense had he been referring to the 20th century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-56776897271906780182014-05-16T18:47:52.991+01:002014-05-16T18:47:52.991+01:00I think that "anonymous" has forgotten t...I think that "anonymous" has forgotten that The Prisoner was set in the 20th Century and therefore his comment is totally pointless, and wrong. So wassup?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-68800472924500701162014-05-16T16:35:51.288+01:002014-05-16T16:35:51.288+01:00Apart from demonstrating your lamentable ignorance...Apart from demonstrating your lamentable ignorance of how traditional clubs have transformed themselves in the 21st century, what is the point of the above post? It clearly states the obvious, as you see it, and are wrong. So wassup?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com