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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
I'm not saying we shouldn't complain when this happens. In fact, hopefully someone else thinking about writing something like this might pay attention and think about these issues, and people thinking about trying something in a book might see a warning and think twice or do more research. I guess I just get touchy when it starts to feel like there's an implication that something should not be written. And no, I'm not saying any of you that I replied to went that far, but I was on my second cup of coffee when I posted earlier so I may have knee-jerked a bit.
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I think my position is more along the lines that there are some things that didn't deserve to be published and reach an audience... but not because of what the writing is about. I have no problem with a book being controversial, offensive, or covering all sorts of touchy subjects. I don't care what writers choose to write about, if I find it distasteful, I simply don't read it.
I do however have a problem with a poorly written book being published and selling millions, because it offends the part of me that wants to see talented writers succeed, rather than hacks and wannabes who couldn't recognize a three-dimensional character if he or she strangled them.
In the case of 50 Shades, what bothers me is the thought that the uninformed and unthinking masses will come away from it believing that's what BDSM is like, or worse, is supposed to be like. It bothers me for the same reasons I'm bothered when any clearly defined group is portrayed in a distinctly negative manner, with no positive counterpoint to balance it out.