Thread: Change Your Mind (On the Reading of Junk)
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Old 02-10-2010, 10:02 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by SpiderMatt View Post
I think literacy is only a value as long as you allow the skill to mature.
But if a reader just completely refuses to improve his reading skills or increase his wealth of knowledge through a wide array of literature (like someone who ONLY reads romance novels or ONLY reads fantasy), then there may be room for some appropriate criticism.
I repectfully disagree. I have never read for pleasure anything other than best sellers and the like. I am a graduate of a highly respected law school, and have a very demanding job. You are going to critiize me because I read romance novels? Frankly, I find people with a broad range of interests more interesting than those without. I have "train friends" who exchange romance novels - I started reading romance novels again as a way to relate to them. Who is more deserving of criticism in your mind - someone sitting on the train reading a romance novel, or someone drinking a beer and fighting with his girlfriend on the phone?
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