Comments on: Pants on Fire http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/01/pants-on-fire/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/01/pants-on-fire/#comment-173 James Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:43:28 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/01/pants-on-fire/#comment-173 Ultimately, I agree with you that he shouldn't have lied in whatever public appearances he made and he would have been wiser to sell it as fiction. My main interest in all this, though, is in the way that so many people's experience with his book essentially seems to hinge on how it was <i>categorized</i> (non fiction as opposed to fiction). I don't know why, but it's interesting to me how categorization affects perception. Ultimately, I agree with you that he shouldn’t have lied in whatever public appearances he made and he would have been wiser to sell it as fiction.

My main interest in all this, though, is in the way that so many people’s experience with his book essentially seems to hinge on how it was categorized (non fiction as opposed to fiction).

I don’t know why, but it’s interesting to me how categorization affects perception.

]]> By: Dem Soldier http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/01/pants-on-fire/#comment-172 Dem Soldier Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:38:36 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/01/pants-on-fire/#comment-172 The only problem I have is that, when U say something is all true, they have to be all true...I give that this ain't historical events, and the only reason it got so much attention is that Oprah is involved..... The only problem I have is that, when U say something is all true, they have to be all true…I give that this ain’t historical events, and the only reason it got so much attention is that Oprah is involved…..

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