June 2020

~ I WAS WATCHING A FAVORITE FILM OF MINE ~1984'S FOOTLOOSE~( YOUNG FOLKS DON'T KNOW THIS ONE) & IN A DISCUSSION YOU HAVE THE LEAD SAYING ~ SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE~ (by KURT VONNEGUT) IS A CLASSIC. A WOMAN SAYS MAYBE ELSEWHERE THEN YOU HAVE AN OLDER MALE ( HER HUSBAND) MAKE THE STATEMENT ~ TOM SAWYER~ ( BY Mark Twain) IS A CLASSIC. EVENTUALLY THEY AGREED TO DISAGREE. LATER ON IN THE FILM THE OLDER MALE IS LEADING PEOPLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BURN THE BOOKS, HE FEELS OTHERS SHOULD NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF READING. BECAUSE HE ( DECIDED FOR OTHERS) THE  MATERIAL IS WHAT HE CONSIDERS SINFUL. FINALLY YOU HAVE A REVERAND THAT TELLS THE OLDER MALE. EVIL IS NOT IN THE BOOKS YOU READ. ( HE THEN POINTS TO HIS CHEST) AND SAYS IT'S IN HERE. THUS YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ON YOUR OWN WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO BE A HONEST MAN OR WOMAN OR FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PATH, WITH THAT BEING SAID...THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY HAS NEVER BEEN WITHOUT FAULT, HOWEVER, ALLOWING OTHERS TO MAKE THE DECISIONS TO REMOVE ITEMS OF THE PAST ( TV SHOWS ( COPS), BOOKS( ULYSSES) , MOVIES( GONE WITH THE WIND)..ETC) WILL NOT MAKE THE COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE WITHIN. NOR WILL IT CURVE WHO WE REALLY ARE INSIDE OUR HEARTS ~