[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[Krimel]

 [Platt]
Right on. My advice to all writers: Tell me quick and tell me true,
otherwise
to hell with you. 

[Krimel]
I like that one. I may put it on my 'fridge.

[Arlo]
Yeah, who needs "Moby Dick" or "War and Peace" when the Cliff Notes tell you
much quicker. ;-) Viva le soundbite-media!

Actually, I recently finished a re-read of Eiji Yoshikawa's "Musashi", a
very long book. I was actually disappointed (again) when it ended, I wished
it was longer.

Sometimes the "yarn" that is woven is better when it is longer. 

Sometimes Quality can not be reduced to a ten-second soundbite.

Not always, to be sure, but sometimes...

As a gift, here is the short and higher quality version of Moby Dick.

Ahab was mad at a whale. It killed him.

You're welcome. ;-)

[Krimel]
While I don't think this is quite what Strunk and White had in mind I
actually like your summary of Moby Dick better than the original. White was
E.B. White of Charlotte's Web fame. I think they were advocating a kind of
Hemmingwayesque style of writing, sparse but clear. They weren't really
talking about the length of the work. 

I would also add that you have to know the rules well before you can break
them well.