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May 01, 2023 05:39AM
IT’S MELANOMA MONDAY!
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Lauren wrote: "Dstny5233 wrote: "the Scarlet letter, to kill a mockingbird, the crucible... they need to do that all the way across the board if they're gonna do it. Just have children grow up with no opinions or..."Let me just say, as a Republican, that the majority does not share these views. Tipper Gore tried to do the same thing with music years ago. The Catholic Review attempted to do the same when I was a kid. The outcome will be the same. Whatever they are fighting to ban will see increased sales. It doesn't work.
Kids being kids will do their best to buy any book banned, watch any movie or TV show they are told not to watch, and listen closely to any lyrics not in favor at the moment.
It isn't a right or left decision. Both groups have an agenda. A little spin one way or the other is used to support whichever side of the aisle you sit.
Sharon wrote: "Whatever they are fighting to ban will see increased sales. It doesn't work.."I agree. If anything, bans only encourage kids to seek out whatever is being banned.
It is all political. I think the particular woman in the case of Nora's books is enjoying the power she thinks she has over others.
Lauren wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Whatever they are fighting to ban will see increased sales. It doesn't work.."I agree. If anything, bans only encourage kids to seek out whatever is being banned.
It is all polit..."
I agree. She likes to hear herself talk.
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I don’t care who puts forth this stuff. What’s more dangerous is that there’s not an open forum on which to debate and discuss these issues. That’s how bad ideas die. Apparently, the process that the governor put in place allows books to be removed just by one person recommending it if, in their opinion, it fits the guidelines. That’s what I was referring to as moronic. That woman has every right to make those ill-conceived recommendations; it’s the process that’s scary.
As sex scenes go, Nora's are fairly tame. My girls all read R.L. Stein in middle school and Steven King in high school, not romance.
Oh that’s cool Barbara and lol your funny Barbara lol and I never watched that movie Luffy
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Anita wrote: "As sex scenes go, Nora's are fairly tame. My girls all read R.L. Stein in middle school and Steven King in high school, not romance."She is really tame, and the banned books are some of her most traditional romances - the Bride Quartet and the Dream Trilogy. The woman who demanded the ban called them "pornography". Totally delusional!
IT’S BABY DAY AND IT’S TAKE A BABY TO LUNCH DAY!
IT’S NATIONAL TRUFFLE DAY AND IT’S WORLD TUNA DAY!
To get into the topic of banned books, I am glad that I am not in high school anymore because it's gotten so political to the point where if I were in high school today, I would've talked to my family about homeschooling and probably would've burned some bridges if it didn't happen.But I will say this, the time when I was in high school, I brought one Nora Roberts book with me to school, just one time, and guess what happened...NOTHING!
On a more lighter note: my Microsoft Surface tablet came in yesterday and already it's becoming the best purchase I've made for ebooks.
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Christine wrote: "IT’S SUN DAY!"No comment.
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Thank you for the messages, Christine!
I don't think one day a year is going to do anything to stop bullying. It is funny that I never recognized that I was bullied until I got older. It was the "mean kids" who tried to intimidate anyone they thought they could. Adults said things like, "it is the way they are" or "you need to get a "stiff upper lip" or "show them their words can't hurt you." Sadly, I think there will always be bullies.
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I saw Nora's interview on some TV channel. It's so crazy - the books being banned are the ones in The Bride Quartet.
Is America becoming Nazi Germany? When we start banding books, what’s the next banding people?
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