Tired of being attacked!!!(or The Defense of Fantasy) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elenna · 09-29-2002, 01:31 PM

It all comes down to ignorance. A lot of people think fantasy is either A)sick and perverted or B)fairy tales. It isn't!!!

Our library also doesn't like fantasy - they pulled LOTR and other such (classic) fantasy books off the shelves because parents complained. Yet we have a lot of romance novels and other such books that are more inappropriate. I guess if nasty stuff happens in "real life" it's considered OK, but if innocent stuff happens in Middle Earth, it's corrupt.

Twisted logic - Sauron runs the school board.

09-29-2002, 01:31 PM	#15
Elenna A Ghostly Light Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My private bubble of innocence Posts: 563	It all comes down to ignorance. A lot of people think fantasy is either A)sick and perverted or B)fairy tales. It isn't!!! Our library also doesn't like fantasy - they pulled LOTR and other such (classic) fantasy books off the shelves because parents complained. Yet we have a lot of romance novels and other such books that are more inappropriate. I guess if nasty stuff happens in "real life" it's considered OK, but if innocent stuff happens in Middle Earth, it's corrupt. Twisted logic - Sauron runs the school board. __________________ If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."