tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post1268571879877100157..comments2024-03-21T21:37:03.772-05:00Comments on Series Books for Girls: Finding a Middle Ground to Discuss CW's Nancy DrewJennifer Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-15306484219007208692019-10-21T12:57:59.311-05:002019-10-21T12:57:59.311-05:00Jennifer, As I wrote, I wouldn't for a minute ...Jennifer, As I wrote, I wouldn't for a minute underestimate the difficulties of some of the things you've experienced. I appreciate that you have permitted as much of a discussion as you have here about this. It is that important. Thanks always. Albert Aliotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144975763185168090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-48562087238345469552019-10-20T23:01:33.048-05:002019-10-20T23:01:33.048-05:00It may seem that way a great deal of the time, but...<i>It may seem that way a great deal of the time, but I would hate to believe that that is always true. Aren't we as a society in big trouble if it is?</i><br /><br />I think sometimes people of different beliefs can discuss these kinds of topics, but not on Facebook.<br /><br />Facebook groups are a cesspool of hostility as soon as anyone mentions a topic connected with religion, politics, or morality. It gets ugly fast, because there is always at least one person who makes it ugly. :( <br /><br />That's why we have to keep those topics out of the hobby groups.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-27975035055266294982019-10-20T07:32:22.750-05:002019-10-20T07:32:22.750-05:00"People of varying backgrounds simply cannot ..."People of varying backgrounds simply cannot rationally discuss morality and religion." It may seem that way a great deal of the time, but I would hate to believe that that is always true. Aren't we as a society in big trouble if it is?<br /><br />I have no desire to underestimate the difficulties of rationally discussing the questions raised by the CW series. But that doesn't make those questions less important. Edmund Burke once wrote:<br /><br /> The passion called love, has so general and powerful an influence; it makes so much of the entertainment, and <br /> indeed so much the occupation of that part of life which decides the character forever, that the mode and <br /> principles on which it engages the sympathy, and strikes the imagination, become of the utmost importance to<br /> the morals and manners of every society.<br /><br />Even if we are talking about Nancy Drew? Yes. <br /><br /><br />Albert Aliotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144975763185168090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-68011850666301494992019-10-19T14:29:34.098-05:002019-10-19T14:29:34.098-05:00I haven't watched it because I know what kind ...I haven't watched it because I know what kind of shows are on the CW. It's the network for teen soap operas. I wish somebody would make a Nancy Drew TV series that's more like the books. I'd love it if they set it in the 1930s and 1940s. It would be good for young girls (and probably boys, too) to see a spunky girl who behaves like girls did in that era instead of a slut suffering from sort of angst or depression. It would also be nice to see Ned as he really was; a good looking, athletic, smart, boy-next-door type instead of an ex-con horndog. The women who produce this sort of stuff are shooting themselves in the foot.Homefront TV Series Reviewedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102120099824862336noreply@blogger.com