Several people sent me this link today:  *

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.html 

(You want to keep reading down a bit, till you get to the letter that begins ‘Hi Neil.’  Begin to pay close attention from this point.) 

.. . I have one word to say:  yesssssssssss.

            It’s all about Othering, you know.  I’ve been on about Othering before.**  As soon as you Other a writer–define them as some arcane species other than your own–you can say the most extraordinary things t