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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
And a lot of deaf people can feel music, I know my cousin can. Many deaf people dance professionally. I think it’s a little rude to say that a deaf person can't enjoy a symphony - especially if it was composed especially for them.
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I apologize. It was a poor analogy. I'm handicapped myself, and my best friend's legally blind. I really didn't realize that a deaf person
could enjoy a symphony.
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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
That's a sad way to look at the world. I think it’s a good thing. People can LEARN to enjoy reading...especially by starting at places like "Twilight." (I've always considered books like Twilight and Eragon as "Fantasy for Beginners: 101")
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I don't doubt that people can learn to enjoy reading. The question is, can you enjoy literature when you're used to reading crap? (Define crap any way you want.) The more writers that write down to their audiences, the more this will become the norm -- especially if that's where the money is.
If writers are producing books for people who don't like to read, the quality of writing and reading both suffer. I don't see any way to avoid that conclusion.