Has managed to piss me off royally. http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100918/OPINIONS02/9180307/Scroggins-Filthy-books-demeaning-to-Republic-education
He says that Speak, a novel by Laurie Halse Anderson is a soft porn book? Honestly he hasn't really experienced what's out there if he thinks that rape scenes are pornographic.
I think the reason that this grated on my nerves more than anything is because I, myself, have lived through rape, sure, it may have been in a different context to what Melinda suffered, but it's rape nonetheless, and he's just shoving everything the book is teaching you down the drain and focuses only on the rape scenes. The book is about being strong. Don't stay silent, speak!
I could relate to this book, even though I read it after all of my problems had been sorted, it still helped me. It helped me realise that I wasn't the only person suffering like this, there are others out there like me.
Sorry, but that's what annoyed me today. The guy is just.... gah!
I'm not even a part of America either. We don't read books like this here, in the UK, even though I think we should...
I'll let everyone else read over these now and ponder what he's saying. I'm sure most people will draw up to the conclusion that he's stupid, and doesn't even know what he's talking about...
Night.
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