tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470833142119811509.post470805572438075741..comments2023-08-16T07:30:11.062-07:00Comments on The Saga of the Concrete Jungle: "Live and Let Live"Daniel Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05745595901607110542noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470833142119811509.post-57238338912557826692010-08-08T20:14:51.103-07:002010-08-08T20:14:51.103-07:00QUOTE: Regardless of circumstance, we are free pe...QUOTE: Regardless of circumstance, we are free people...Free to think, believe and choose whatever we desire.<br /><br />this is about the only portion here that i can comment on. a sister and friend who is involved with a prison minnistry told me that there are those behind bars that are more free in Christ there then what they'd be on the outside. even our brothers and sisters in China are free in Christ while being imprisoned for their beliefs. no one can control our minds or our hearts. there is only True freedom in the Truth. Jesusunnamed ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147841736324054200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470833142119811509.post-34213009612907861842010-08-07T18:34:10.295-07:002010-08-07T18:34:10.295-07:00Daniel-I almost completely agree with you... I wou...Daniel-I almost completely agree with you... I would add a limitation of 'among consenting adults' as some people (children or mentally challenged) don't have capacity to decide and deserve protection, but for the most part, I completely agree that beauty and inspiration can come from very different places for different people, and WORDS open discussion, even if they are sometimes obscene. I look at the ideas behind Lolita and find them reprehensible, but Nabakov used BEAUTIFUL language, and a shadow of awareness by the end, on the part of Humbert Humbert to open a dialog. YES, it's a novel about pedophelia, but it doesn't glorify it, and as a work, it would be a shame to have it censored. (I GET that there is judgment there, but THAT is from my view that the child deserved a lot better protection than she got)Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470833142119811509.post-28523875403654360052010-08-06T21:57:59.775-07:002010-08-06T21:57:59.775-07:00This is such a complex topic that I've held ba...This is such a complex topic that I've held back on commenting and any comment that I make here will be woefully inadequate. To keep it short, I understand what you are saying, but I can't say that I totally agree. A certain degree of labelling and putting things into boxes is necessary for society. I also think that there should be certain rulings about obscenity. We have become such a free thinking and opened armed society that I think our arts, culture, and society in general have suffered for it. It's like the issue of smoking. Those of us who do not wish to be subjected should not have to be forced to accept it in our environment. Obscene and crude language has never made anybody a better person or added to the elevating of society as a whole.<br />I could go on at great length, but I will keep it simple for now.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com