Re: Ramblings of Randroids
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:31:59 -0700 (PDT)
> Well, looks like I'll have to disagree again. You asked who has the
> right to determine what you can and cannot read. Well, I'm just
> wondering who gave you the right to tell people what they should or
> should not get involved in when reading a story? It's kind of the
same
> thing, isn't it?
>
> If I wanted to read something and not get involved in the writer's
> beliefs (and my own beliefs, for that matter) or the symbolism of the
> story, I'd probably try the comics. Or maybe I'd go to a movie just
to
> get a story for the story's sake. To me, it's a difference between
> education and entertainment. And I think I can say this without being
> TOO wrong, but reading without actively participating in what we read
> isn't really reading at all.
>
First of all you misinterpreted what I said. I meant that just because
one doesn't agree or believe in the writer's beliefs, etc... doesn't
meant that they shouldn't enjoy the story. Second of all I never said
what anyone should or should not get involved in when reading a story.
By all means go ahead and do whatever you want, it's a free country.
By Matt's letter it seemed to me like he was forbidding me to discuss
Rand but I never said that about interpreting stories. Thirdly I also
get involved with the symbolism of stories, I find symbolism very
interesting, but I don't use it to judge a stories worth. Fourthly
when I read I read for both entertainment and education.That's it.
-Liz Friedman
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