Maybe you should read STRUCK by Jennifer Bosworth http://www.amazon.com/Struck-Jennifer-Bosworth/dp/0374372837 It comes up as a 'teen' book but ... it's so much more
Went to link and had to click past a NSFW warning. We are an increasingly infantilized society. It must be nice to be young and have little to no perspective on how ridiculous we've become.
I totally agree. Recently I've been watching reruns of old episodes of The Great British Baking Show and noticed that it is flagged with a "Parental Guidance" warning, and I thought WTF??? Here is one online guide -
@Anonymous: I've never wanted to live in a sanitized, sterile, Victorian environment. I raised my daughter (now 45) in an atmosphere of liberal exposure to the world. She is the better for it. Unafraid, resilient, strong, grateful--and in possession of a fine, irreverent, iconoclastic sense of humor. I pity the fragile. Such a waste of life's potential. It would take me a year to list every artistic masterpiece containing every element that might offend the sensibilities of the sensitive. I cringe to think what the world would be like without these masterpieces and without the people who appreciate them. (Perhaps your comment was made in jest? If so, you got me!)
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ReplyDeletePoor cow, she looks like she's in terrible pain. Oddly, I feel jealous of the human victims. Of course, we have pain killers. --A.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should read STRUCK by Jennifer Bosworth
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/Struck-Jennifer-Bosworth/dp/0374372837
It comes up as a 'teen' book but ... it's so much more
Is that permanent?
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a scar from Portuguese man of war. Get well soon, to the lass.
ReplyDeleteWent to link and had to click past a NSFW warning. We are an increasingly infantilized society. It must be nice to be young and have little to no perspective on how ridiculous we've become.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. Recently I've been watching reruns of old episodes of The Great British Baking Show and noticed that it is flagged with a "Parental Guidance" warning, and I thought WTF??? Here is one online guide -
Deletehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877368/parentalguide/
People write in to report hearing an "F" word or an "S" word (?) and "occasionally the bakers get stressed out and cry." WTF again.
Apparently the biggest risk is for innuendo. American children apparently can't handle that...
"They occasionally use alcohol in the baking..." Oh my. What a world.
DeleteI recommend using alcohol while baking...
DeleteMy friends, it's not that children or adults can't "handle it." No, the point is THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO!
DeleteWe can also handle racist and bigoted comments. But no one should have to.
It angers me greatly to be watching a wonderful show...only to have some infantile mind feel the need to insert an utterly unneeded curse word.
We do not show our maturity by overlooking such things; we show that we allow others to be immature...rather than calling them higher
@Anonymous: I've never wanted to live in a sanitized, sterile, Victorian environment. I raised my daughter (now 45) in an atmosphere of liberal exposure to the world. She is the better for it. Unafraid, resilient, strong, grateful--and in possession of a fine, irreverent, iconoclastic sense of humor. I pity the fragile. Such a waste of life's potential. It would take me a year to list every artistic masterpiece containing every element that might offend the sensibilities of the sensitive. I cringe to think what the world would be like without these masterpieces and without the people who appreciate them. (Perhaps your comment was made in jest? If so, you got me!)
DeleteAgain, I visit here to be fascinated. Well done.
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