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    Bocanegra will quit if asked to take another pay cut

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    I suspect you are trying to suggest that those banners could only be read in one way. When, of course, the truth is the opposite.

    And in hoisting the moronic message - where they could most easily be misinterpreted - should tell you everything that was wrong with them in the first place.

    But, you want to attack Boca's reading and not the message. Why is that?

    they said what they said. missqoting them doesn't change what they said.

    if boca can't read then that's no problem to me. I still love him.

    The Chairman

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Roland becomes a gunslinger at the unheard-of age of 14 after being manipulated into taking the "trial of manhood" by Marten Broadcloak, his father's adviser and an incarnation of Randall Flagg. Marten has an affair with Roland's mother and makes sure Roland finds out about it, prompting Roland to request his trial in order to gain his guns and exact revenge on Marten. In the trial, Roland must defeat his teacher, Cort, using a weapon of his choosing. He chooses a hawk named David and defeats Cort. Roland sacrifices David to win the fight, setting the tone for Roland's future choices in life. Despite Roland's victory, Cort and Roland's father convince Roland to bide his time before seeking retribution.

    Not long after, Roland's father sends him on a mission to the town of Hambry in the Outer Barony of Mejis with his friends Alain Johns and Cuthbert Allgood, who will form the basis of his first ka-tet. While there, he comes into the possession of a pink crystal ball, one of 13 magical artifacts referred to as "Maerlyn's Rainbow." It was while looking into this artifact that Roland first discovered his destiny to quest for the Dark Tower.

    Roland is a 30th-generation descendant of his world's version of King Arthur, referred to in the series as Arthur Eld. In Wizard and Glass, during a flashback to Roland's time in the Barony of Mejis, a letter from his father identifies Steven Deschain as a 29th-generation descendant of Arthur Eld from a side lineage (that is to say, from one of Arthur's many "gillies," or concubines). Even his guns were originally made of the melted-down metal from the legendary Excalibur sword. It is hinted that one must possess this sword, or another sign of the Eld (the line of Arthur Eld) in order to open the door at the foot of the Tower. According to a supplemental prose story by Robin Furth included in The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (issues #7 & #2, respectively), Roland's ancestry traces back to Arthur Eld and Emmanuelle Deschain, the daughter of his seneschal, Kay Deschain, while the Crimson King's ancestry traces back to an affair between Arthur and the Crimson Queen.

    To All Our American Players

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    You are full of it mate...

    You are too interested in the semantics of the situation and not looking at the big picture.

    Facts are we had fans who singled out the nationality of a bidder. Could you imagine the furore

    if we had some of the following banners:

    "Take your money back... black"

    "You ain't getting your cake and eating it... fatty"

    "We don't want you today.. gay"

    All these messages would be considered prejudice and have no place in today's society.

    Singling out someone for race, religion or nationality is not acceptable.

    So stopping the narrow mindedness and admit the banner did more harm than good.

    your off your chump but go for it.

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