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the real problem is that the world is just dumber and fewwer and fewwer people read books any more for enjoyment like probly all of us on this site. the english language has also gone down the preverbial toilet with the use of ebonics and slang terms that are degrading becoming wide spread.
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exactly! children dont read, they play on their games consoles and watch tv. i have nothing against either of these, but instead of spending all their times on their playstations, why dont they read a bit?
i also think the english language is going down the drain. we abolished, for some reason, the most complex pronoun, and therefore the most compelling (is that the right word?)to intelligent people; the use of thou, thy, thee, thine. all languages have a way of distinguishing whether they are talking to a superior or friend except english. (sorry if this is off topic). english has lost its beauty.
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One when I was 8 and at that point I was reading Stephen King books I had this book that was 1000+ pages (cant remember the name, the hounds of something or other) and I was waylaid on the way home (i walk), I had my bag taken and thrown over a fence and I was beaten up simply for being "a geek"
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this makes me too mad to put into words. i hope you did something about it, if not, do it now anyway. i am a boffin(synonyms: geek, nerd, etc.), i love books, and always answer questions. you can guess i might have people pick on me. if they try anything, they know ill be violent. mahatma gandhi, a real hero of mine, used non-violence. this only worked because he was deally with civilised people in the government. kids who consider themselves "cool" are not civilised. they wont stop harassing you for being clever if you do nothing. they expect you to let them walk over you. why should we? they are inferior to us, their brains perhaps nonexistant! dont let them push you around just for doing something clever like reading lotr.
now they annoy me just to provoke me, but i dont turn violent unless they actually harm me. i know violence is not the answer, but that only applys when dealling with humans.