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From the Ridiculous to the Sublime
ednbarby:
Your MILF story reminds me of the time Ed and I went to see "Shrek," a mother and two young boys - maybe 6 and 7 - were sitting right in front of us. After that scene where Shrek sees Prince Farquad's (which sounds suspiciously like fuckwad ;)) palace and says, "Do you think he's compensating for something?" and after everyone laughed, the one boy says very loudly to his Mom, "Why did all the grown-ups just laugh at that?" She says, "I'll tell ya in about 10 years."
I think it's not so much that Will has actually seen stills of Ennis and Jack and the montage on my computer that will affect how he views homosexuality as it is that seeing this movie myself has affected the way I approach our talks about family, love, and someday not long enough from now, sex. I think that without it, I would have said "When a man and a woman love each other very much..." whereas now I'll say, "When two people love each other very much..." It's not about being "politically correct" (and how I hate people who bitch about that, anyway) - it's about acknowledging and teaching that there is not one right way and one wrong way to be sexually. I've always believed this in my heart of hearts, of course, but this movie brought it to the forefront and made me passionate in that belief instead of just complacent in it.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 26, 2006, 01:01:52 pm --- I've always believed this in my heart of hearts, of course, but this movie brought it to the forefront and made me passionate in that belief instead of just complacent in it.
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Ditto. I've always spoken up for what I thought was right when the subject came up, but now I'm probably more proactive about it.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on May 26, 2006, 01:24:20 pm ---Ditto. I've always spoken up for what I thought was right when the subject came up, but now I'm probably more proactive about it.
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Exactly. :)
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 23, 2006, 09:39:06 pm ---Joke 'em if they can't take a fuck.
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;D
I love that.
and reading the ongoing the discussion between mothers has made me feel like like today, the world is a better place than yesterday.
henrypie:
Katherine and Barb, thanks for your dialogue. All I have is cats -- very socially tolerant cats -- but these are issues I think about all the time.... in case I ever have dependents more inquisitive than cats.... I tend to count my chickens before they're hatched....
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