Is this a novel you're writing????? If not, keep good notes. Later you will.
All Andy meant was that men are shits and live only to sexually abuse children whenever they get the chance -- or so I read between her lines. She'll deny this, of course.
Mike Geary----- Original Message ----- From: "Omar Kusturica" <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Don't Stand So Close to Me
I also don't know everything I want to know at this point, and you will understand that the topic is somewhat sensitive. But I think Andy correctly sensed that the reference to the student not being inexperienced - which otherwise would hardly be worth mentioning - meant a little bit more. The teacher comes to see that there is a strange and even a sinister aspect to this sweet, seemingly naive college student. (Who also turns out to be somewhat older than she looks.) He doesn't know all the facts but suspects that her experiences involve things beyond normal college dating. He also comes to realize that, far from seducing a naive young student, he is the one being seduced. Since he does not immediately go along, she decides to take vengeance on him. The story now begins to read more like RL Stevenson than like Jane Eyre and it features dark bars, mysterious men, fancy clothes, and a knife in a handbag. The teacher has been reminded of the limitations of his institutional and personal power. Not sure what happens in the sequel but it's hard to believe that it is going to be something good. O.K. Omar in his post informed me that the student he was writing about was not, like my student, 15 years old, but a college student and that she was not inexperienced in things sexual, to which you responded: " Not inexperienced is sometimes known as sexual abuse of children." My question is what the hell does that have to do with anything? If you want to preach against sexual abuse of children, then start up an new thread. I'll support you in that. I can name priests' names. : ) Who I wonder are you accusing of sexual abuse of children -- Omar or me or both? I never touched my student (and today we're good, close friends, she teaches theater in Montreal) and Omar's student certainly wasn't a child. So what was your point exactly? I understand that you're opposed to child sexual abuse. So are we all. So are we all. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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