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[CCBC-Net] It's the WORDS that count--no matter who talked/wrote them for us?
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From: Repartee1 at aol.com <Repartee1>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:29:57 EDT
I understand the credibility issue--and wanting to protect kids against the next big bad wolf.
BUT--Madonna's come a long way in her own life and her words/stories have to make it with us--or not--on their own.
I can't help thinking of being delighted with the words of O Henry's "Gift of the Magi" or "Ransom of Red Chief". In his own "real" life, he'd embezzled bank funds and been jailed. His WORDS and stories were pure?
B. J. Ihlenfeldt HS English instructor (ret.)
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Received on Tue 05 Jun 2007 06:29:57 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:29:57 EDT
I understand the credibility issue--and wanting to protect kids against the next big bad wolf.
BUT--Madonna's come a long way in her own life and her words/stories have to make it with us--or not--on their own.
I can't help thinking of being delighted with the words of O Henry's "Gift of the Magi" or "Ransom of Red Chief". In his own "real" life, he'd embezzled bank funds and been jailed. His WORDS and stories were pure?
B. J. Ihlenfeldt HS English instructor (ret.)
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See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
Received on Tue 05 Jun 2007 06:29:57 PM CDT
