New, slightly younger fan.

[roni]

[...] Never once did I state, "KIDS SHOULD NOT READ." That's just plain fucking idiotic [...]

Never did I state that you did.
My fault to start my post, which was a general rant at my experiences with a lot of adult people, looking down at 14 yearolds as if they were little children, with a quote by you.

sorry for that. No offence intended. There were others here who also made a topic out of her age, though not as serious as you did, that's why I choose your words to jump in.

But all in all - it was a GENERAL remark!
(and only one line btw.)

The rest of my post was talking to Rachel, welcoming her as we do with new members and talking to her in the same natural tone we old kids here use. When I was 14, I was suffering from adults talking to me like a 5 yearold mental midget. Well, not exactly, but you get it, I guess...


Rachel, 'SOUTH OF NO NORTH' is a good place to continue Buk.

Vonnegut's a great choice too. Have you read 'Breakfast of Champions'?

 

[WeirdFreshman1994]

Actually, 5-year-old mental midget does describe how some adults I encounter treat me.

I LOVED Breakfast of Champions! I always found Kilgore Trout interesting, and I liked how Vonnegut himself became a character/god towards the end.

 

[zenguru]

You sound like you read tons of stuff. Lots more than I did at your age. I'm dyslexic, but really wasn't aware of that until recently. Wasn't a lot of knowledge about dyslexia back then, so I thought I was just stupid.

Couldn't finish books. Sometimes spent half an hour on a single paragraph before I realized it. I guess that's why I started with poetry. Novels always intimidated me back in the day.

 

[mjp]

Ever take a child to the hospital emergency room?

Yes. Would you like to see the pictures of him recuperating from the car accident? They aren't pretty. You probably don't want your kids to see them. I took him to Little League games too, and picked him up from the police station at three in the morning when he was 15 years old. All of the wonderful things you rosey-cheeked parents have to look forward to, I've done them. What's your point?

Anyway, like I said, I wasn't responding to you specifically. If any parent doesn't like something out in the world, then they should keep their kids away from it. I thought that was common sense, but like so much that should be common sense, it is not.

Where I have a problem is when these parents try to tell me that I can't see something because they deem it inappropriate for their children. That is the biggest con that religious fundamentalists have foisted on the world in 2000 years. Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Or the books or the films...

 

[homeless mind]

The perplexity of years gives us all scars in varied situations.

Sometimes, pain of the past rears a head that should remain buried.

Your response to me is that of a gentleman. Thank you. While you may not subscribe to be there, you would be a welcome ally in my foxhole...

Decorum appreciated.

Pax,

homeless mind