tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6558155626234609246..comments2024-03-28T03:13:37.212-05:00Comments on Althouse: Elizabeth Smart's book will be "frank" but "appropriate" and not "salacious."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33626783691352873002012-11-24T21:14:34.342-06:002012-11-24T21:14:34.342-06:00@ el polacko: I wouldn't call him a "han...@ el polacko: I wouldn't call him a "handsome cult leader." But to each his own.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71142164013512710982012-11-24T21:12:35.589-06:002012-11-24T21:12:35.589-06:00Abducted comment:
I wasn't interested in the ...Abducted comment:<br /><br />I wasn't interested in the book, but now I'm titillated to buy it so I can be a not-good person reading it for a not-good reason. Whatever that might be.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48879342271969472892012-11-24T21:07:13.945-06:002012-11-24T21:07:13.945-06:00Plus, by buying the book I get to send money to so...Plus, by buying the book I get to send money to someone who, it's said, doesn't need it. Does that make me a "good" person, or a "not-good" person?<br /><br />Oh, the ethical dilemmas in reading writing! :)leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32755533586890119052012-11-24T21:03:04.434-06:002012-11-24T21:03:04.434-06:00isn't this the teen chick who was, patty hears...isn't this the teen chick who was, patty hearst-style, 'being held captive' right up the hill from her parent's house in a tent where she was getting heavily and regularly pounded by the handsome cult leader...then got 'rescued' and went back to playing the harp ?<br />yeah...can't wait to hear that tale.el polackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265451503377552500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6717319928560457302012-11-24T21:01:51.717-06:002012-11-24T21:01:51.717-06:00I wasn't interested in the book, but now I'...I wasn't interested in the book, but now I'm mutilated to read it so I can do what a not-good person would do for not-good reasons.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7143879883585239412012-11-24T20:52:27.735-06:002012-11-24T20:52:27.735-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87666851960920354072012-11-24T19:50:42.352-06:002012-11-24T19:50:42.352-06:00"Most normal people do not."
Most peopl..."Most normal people do not."<br /><br />Most people will not read this book. Who will? There is no way to limit the book to the good people who will read it for good reasons. This Is a book about a child getting repeatedly raped. I'm not advocating banning such things, but it is sensationalistic and many of the readers will be reading it for titillation. Some in denial. Some not. <br /><br />I can see wanting Smart to get some money, but I would not touch this book.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9143672667631861332012-11-24T18:34:27.140-06:002012-11-24T18:34:27.140-06:00"How do you ensure that the reader is not tit..."How do you ensure that the reader is not titillated? You can't."<br /><br />From reading the thread: That appears to depend on the type of reader you think you and others are.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38865796203279630622012-11-24T16:57:14.507-06:002012-11-24T16:57:14.507-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76219541088721391692012-11-24T15:53:31.750-06:002012-11-24T15:53:31.750-06:00No one ever recovers from from an ordeal like Eli...No one ever recovers from from an ordeal like Elizabeth Smart's. You may achieve a normal life, but you don't fully recover.McTriumphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943850130675663453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53292079202344286032012-11-24T13:13:45.481-06:002012-11-24T13:13:45.481-06:00Do you find rape titillating?
Most normal people ...Do you find rape titillating?<br /><br />Most normal people do not.Baron Zemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301531733692419610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8398523772697873112012-11-24T12:05:56.632-06:002012-11-24T12:05:56.632-06:00Michael K said...
"I remember when Famil...<i>Michael K said...<br /><br /> "I remember when Family Guy made fun of Elizabeth Smart being raped. Don't know why anyone would think that's OK or ever watch that show again."<br /><br /> I don't know why anyone would watch it in the first place but that's probably just me.</i><br /><br />No, there's at least two of us.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754684233296448192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38772241466806152712012-11-24T11:44:26.381-06:002012-11-24T11:44:26.381-06:00Elizabeth Smart is a great, great warrior. Elizabeth Smart is a great, great warrior. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517956537865658903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21802023167964228042012-11-24T11:41:05.848-06:002012-11-24T11:41:05.848-06:00I admire her reticence. Watch her being interviewe...I admire her reticence. Watch her being interviewed; she only says as much as she wants to. And remember that it was she who <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5x8ARIxg51I#t=79s" rel="nofollow">ripped the odious Nancy Grace a new one</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29069198002005341992012-11-24T11:29:31.542-06:002012-11-24T11:29:31.542-06:00Elizabeth Smart is a great, great warrior.
And q...Elizabeth Smart is a great, great warrior. <br /><br />And quite a good harpist, the harp mafia tells me. <br /><br />I have tremendous respect for her. If she wants to write the book, I trust her judgment. Way more than I trust most people who are two or three times her age. <br /><br />There was already a book, but it skipped over the sexual abuse. All that came out at the trial. I suspect she might not be happy with the first book and wants a better telling, now that she's older and can assert more control over it. <br /><br />Anything Elizabeth Smart wants to do is ok in my book. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517956537865658903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81154456710168330632012-11-24T11:03:53.159-06:002012-11-24T11:03:53.159-06:00What wyo sis said about her being a Mormon.
Maybe...What wyo sis said about her being a Mormon.<br /><br />Maybe that's the story to be told.<br /><br />Or that should be told.<br /><br />edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11391027986541248732012-11-24T11:02:30.349-06:002012-11-24T11:02:30.349-06:00If done right, it would be no different from any P...If done right, it would be no different from any POW camp survival story.<br /><br />I doubt it will be done right. Like Law and Order: SVU it's main purpose will be to publicly pretend to be scandalized while privately getting off on it.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205373646358643360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38438711681952375942012-11-24T10:37:49.263-06:002012-11-24T10:37:49.263-06:00William said...
In the movie, the part of Elizabet...William said...<br /><i>In the movie, the part of Elizabeth Smart can be played by Elmo.</i><br /><br />I was thinking <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=elisha+cuthbert&hl=en&tbo=d&rlz=1C1RNNN_enUS355&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDAy8HixKnfq6-gWFlRllZz9T4Ouvas2xX_l9YNkVDwbr1w5V_AAK8iFkqAAAA&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=2_awUJjvMNGA0AHzvIHwCw&ved=0CAQQ_AUoAA&biw=1280&bih=685" rel="nofollow">Elisha Cuthbert</a>, but that would be titillating.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68680523920501077012012-11-24T10:35:49.535-06:002012-11-24T10:35:49.535-06:00"I remember when Family Guy made fun of Eliza..."I remember when Family Guy made fun of Elizabeth Smart being raped. Don't know why anyone would think that's OK or ever watch that show again."<br /><br />I don't know why anyone would watch it in the first place but that's probably just me. <br />Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7007166193397716622012-11-24T10:28:45.993-06:002012-11-24T10:28:45.993-06:00I really admire Elizabeth Smart and her family. ...I really admire Elizabeth Smart and her family. They handled this trauma with dignity. I recall how much of the spotlight was turned against the family, and against the father particularly. His reputation was really dragged through the mud while his daughter was missing.<br /><br />Elizabeth has grown into a woman with great grace, and I think she has something to teach people.MayBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966319657113124861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53464208563960307012012-11-24T10:27:40.046-06:002012-11-24T10:27:40.046-06:00A very interesting discussion of the Elizabeth Sma...<a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/286/mind-games?act=2" rel="nofollow">A very interesting discussion of the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping.</a><br />I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-890972827657882292012-11-24T10:25:33.857-06:002012-11-24T10:25:33.857-06:00I can see where this book might be pretty importan...I can see where this book might be pretty important for some people to read -- rape victims, say struggling with the trauma, looking for an inspirational story.<br /><br />And I don't see how this could be titillating. Clearly they're not going to include graphic details.Pastafarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008215139954260401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79741718940279301952012-11-24T10:13:18.809-06:002012-11-24T10:13:18.809-06:00Elizabeth Smart knows what worked for her. Judging... Elizabeth Smart knows what worked for her. Judging from the fact that she survived and returned to her former life she has some basis for her point of view.<br /><br />Some people seem to be upset by her going public. I don't understand it. She is one of the few people who have gone through such an experience and lived to tell about it. It was a huge media event at the time for whatever reason, being young, white, blonde, Mormon, and from a well off family notably. These are not circumstances she chose, but she did choose to pursue recovery and healing in her own way, and that story is inspirational to many people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418832032663751497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4795479617903625562012-11-24T10:11:23.131-06:002012-11-24T10:11:23.131-06:00I remember when Family Guy made fun of Elizabeth S... I remember when Family Guy made fun of Elizabeth Smart being raped. Don't know why anyone would think that's OK or ever watch that show again. <br /> It's Smart's story to tell or not; don't know why anyone would have a problem with it. RigelDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09823965089023308064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79500481655543712412012-11-24T10:10:52.623-06:002012-11-24T10:10:52.623-06:00I remember when Family Guy made fun of Elizabeth S... I remember when Family Guy made fun of Elizabeth Smart being raped. Don't know why anyone would think that's OK or ever watch that show again. <br /> It's Smart's story to tell or not; don't know why anyone would have a problem with it. RigelDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09823965089023308064noreply@blogger.com