Comments on: Gil’s All Fright Diner http://thebeardedgoose.com/reading/review-gils-all-fright-diner/ you deserve a bearded goose today Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: goose http://thebeardedgoose.com/reading/review-gils-all-fright-diner/comment-page-1/#comment-51 goose Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:30:44 +0000 http://thebeardedgoose.com/?p=61#comment-51 My thought is simply this: Yes, perhaps some of our youth are sexually active. But why foster it? Why promote it? Why allow it to be viewed as something normal? I believe that it is best to hold out until marriage to have sex, and that it should be kept to that person and no one else. And I'm not saying teens are children. There are plenty of books out there that are not childish for teens to read that don't include sex or, for that matter, profanity. (Profanity, by the way, isn't so much "bad" language as it is a lack of vocabulary.) My thought is simply this: Yes, perhaps some of our youth are sexually active. But why foster it? Why promote it? Why allow it to be viewed as something normal? I believe that it is best to hold out until marriage to have sex, and that it should be kept to that person and no one else.

And I’m not saying teens are children. There are plenty of books out there that are not childish for teens to read that don’t include sex or, for that matter, profanity. (Profanity, by the way, isn’t so much “bad” language as it is a lack of vocabulary.)

]]> By: Larry http://thebeardedgoose.com/reading/review-gils-all-fright-diner/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Larry Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:45:58 +0000 http://thebeardedgoose.com/?p=61#comment-49 When are we going to realize that young adults under the age of 18 are not children. They do not want to read boring childish books. Sex and what some would consider "bad" language are a part of their lives. Anything else would be considered unrealistic. As it is completely normal and natural for young adults (especially those as old as 16 or 17) to be sexually active, how can it be in any way damaging to read about sexuality? The book in question absolutely deserves the well earned award from the ALA. When are we going to realize that young adults under the age of 18 are not children. They do not want to read boring childish books. Sex and what some would consider “bad” language are a part of their lives. Anything else would be considered unrealistic. As it is completely normal and natural for young adults (especially those as old as 16 or 17) to be sexually active, how can it be in any way damaging to read about sexuality? The book in question absolutely deserves the well earned award from the ALA.

]]> By: Kris Johnson http://thebeardedgoose.com/reading/review-gils-all-fright-diner/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Kris Johnson Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:16:56 +0000 http://thebeardedgoose.com/?p=61#comment-22 Ah, yes, I gave <em>Driven</em> two stars, so I trust you'd have given it four or five. Good call. Ah, yes, I gave Driven two stars, so I trust you’d have given it four or five. Good call.

]]> By: thebeardedgoose http://thebeardedgoose.com/reading/review-gils-all-fright-diner/comment-page-1/#comment-21 thebeardedgoose Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:30:36 +0000 http://thebeardedgoose.com/?p=61#comment-21 Not too surprising, given that one book... what was it called...? Oh yeah! <em>Driven</em>. :) Not too surprising, given that one book… what was it called…? Oh yeah!
Driven. :)

]]> By: Kris Johnson http://thebeardedgoose.com/reading/review-gils-all-fright-diner/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Kris Johnson Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:29:50 +0000 http://thebeardedgoose.com/?p=61#comment-20 I'd go as far as to call that review "scathing". Clearly, we have different tastes. I’d go as far as to call that review “scathing”. Clearly, we have different tastes.

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