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Polanski
Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009
The Prolem with the Article
Erica S. Perl, did a stack of comics fall on you as a small child? Why the arrogance in this article? Comics, as have been alluded to many times by other posters, have started many great readers. They have built a multitude of stupendous vocabularies. Yes, I am trying to show mine off. Getting down to brass tacks, the attitude presented ...
Posted to Family by danhenneke on July 24, 2008
Re: boys have a version
Chuckle. I read Ender's Game as a girl in 10th grade and have been passing it on to men and women alike ever since. I wasn't aware that it was a ''boy's book'', even if it does have a predominance of male characters.It's just a fascinating work of fiction that resonates with people, particularly people who grew up ''gifted''.It's a bit ...
Posted to Family by Peripheral Vision on December 9, 2007