Writer's Block: Book review
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 11:03![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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I think banning books is a moronic idea. To me, it's akin to burning books.
We do not live in the Middle Ages. We live in a modern time. We should not be acting like heathens and burning and banning books. It makes us look like we do not have the brains to think for ourselves.
I might declare that I will never allow the Twilight series in my house (I can so see Madi sneaking those across the thresh hold, just because she's "denied" them, LOL), but I would never attempt to really keep anyone from reading what they wanted.
I dealt with that when I was 19, and living with the DNA Donor. She and her husband threw away over $1,000 worth (used prices, BTW, not new) of romance novels because there was premarital sex in it. A couple of those books were purchased by my siblings, and to this day, I'm still on the hunt for them because of they hold sentimental value to me.
I think banning books is a moronic idea. To me, it's akin to burning books.
We do not live in the Middle Ages. We live in a modern time. We should not be acting like heathens and burning and banning books. It makes us look like we do not have the brains to think for ourselves.
I might declare that I will never allow the Twilight series in my house (I can so see Madi sneaking those across the thresh hold, just because she's "denied" them, LOL), but I would never attempt to really keep anyone from reading what they wanted.
I dealt with that when I was 19, and living with the DNA Donor. She and her husband threw away over $1,000 worth (used prices, BTW, not new) of romance novels because there was premarital sex in it. A couple of those books were purchased by my siblings, and to this day, I'm still on the hunt for them because of they hold sentimental value to me.
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18/11/09 18:02 (UTC)should just sell our booking for $2k a person and each make 500 bucks off it.
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18/11/09 18:20 (UTC)no subject
18/11/09 18:25 (UTC)but you that we'd totally be bummed when the date rolled around.
im sure we'll make the best of it, you know? and there are soem people on the boat that we totally adore!!
@macclickchic
@sinab77
@luvndwood
@donniedollgirl
@kaffy
@aprilknob
even this chick my sis didnt like before, but now does.
i dunno, i'll just treat it like the sister trip it is, with a bonus round of a twitter reunion and then, oh yeah, those guys.
i just think donnie got all these women riled up about it, which is fine, but he gives them so much attention over twitter (i think its an assistant, personally) so i think with all the @'s he's sent out and follows, that these women are going to expect that kind of treatment on the ship... thus resulting in NK NOT walking around the ship like they did last year..
i think a lot of women are going to be disappointed, cuz they are building themselves up too much.
i dunno.. nk fans are fucking retarded. they act too much like 12 year old fan girls.
maybe i dont care cuz i've met them before, did the cruise, was on stage w/ donnie, did that whole video thingy w joe... so im desensitized, but still, i didnt give a fuck last year on the cruise either... it was a sister trip w 5 hot guys...
wow, wordy much?
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18/11/09 18:37 (UTC)And meeting people that you've only known online rocks too (done that a few times :))
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18/11/09 18:49 (UTC)that came out awkward, but i think you know what i meant.
but we know two of them from the cruise before, and one from our first meet and greet concert. on and theres another one i forgot to mention that we knew from online, and met irl at the july nk concert.. wait.. 2 of them.
i just hop the fans are fucking retarded about it, like they seem to be on twitter
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18/11/09 18:56 (UTC)no subject
18/11/09 19:05 (UTC)but, you know.. some people ARE that retarded.
lol
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