well, after all the tell all stuff
The title love on ita moon has a 20.1% chance of being a bestselling title!
In the town I work in reading list go out all the time - because in CA , the schools don't supply the books. So parents should be aware. however, there is an amazing amount of ignorance about what kids are doing in school.
tommyrot again makes my head explode. GHA!
Just in case anyone still has doubts that the new plots were (at the least) hyped:
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Isn't it a bad idea to tell people how to mix those chemicals? Isn't that bad karma?
I'd argue that the mental illness on the protagonist's part and the attendant anguish that causes him are sufficiently adult subjects that an R rating is called for, far moreso than a few f-bombs dropped in conversations that kids probably hear in real life fairly regularly.
I think reading The Bell Jar and Johnny Got His Gun in high school probably disturbed me more that that freaky bunny would have. But to me, the more real the story is the more disturbing it can be.
I remember Sixteen Candles being shown at my high school. The vice principal was in the projection booth turning down the volume or putting his hand over the lens at the "objectionable" moments. It was lame, but I think they avoided parental complaints.
Isn't it a bad idea to tell people how to mix those chemicals? Isn't that bad karma?
Pretty widely known. Also more of a deterrent than anything -tells you how tough it is, does not really tell you how to get around the obstacles (though I bet you could find out pretty quickly).
Also given that we are keeping people from taking water onboard airplanes (which have dangerously dry air) on the grounds that particular chemistry was to be used to blow them up, it seems reasonable to explain why it would not have worked. I mean do you leave overhyped allegations unrefuted? Or simply say that the plots as described were implausible without providing evidence?
Here's an explanation, TB.
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I remember that when it was shown on TV, they cut the potsmoking scene