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Old 12-03-2009, 11:35 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by boink View Post
for the promise of some T&A or the shock of a gore fest, men and boys are willing to throw story and acting out the window....so why not women and girls too ?

Well, I can't speak for all women and girls, but if you're throwing the story out the window, there's not much of a point, is there?


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My only real objection to Twilight is the fact that it's portraying extremely unhealthy relationship conduct as romantic and tossing in a heaping dose of Mormon morality for good measure. And it's doing so to people who are impressionable enough to get the message without necessarily understanding it.

That's kind of what I was getting at, but you worded it much better.
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