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jtur88 · August 16th, 2008, 10:01 PM

If you walk into a comedy club and you know nothing about the personal lives of any of the standup comics, how do you determine which ones are funny and which ones are not? If you go into an art gallery and you know nothing about the personal lives of the painters, how do you determine which ones are good? If you read a book and know nothing about the personal life of the author, how do you decide if you like it or not? Should school children be prohibited from reading "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" or even seeing the movie, until we are sure that B. Traven was a person whose moral fiber meets your standards?

August 16th, 2008, 10:01 PM	#25 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,864	If you walk into a comedy club and you know nothing about the personal lives of any of the standup comics, how do you determine which ones are funny and which ones are not? If you go into an art gallery and you know nothing about the personal lives of the painters, how do you determine which ones are good? If you read a book and know nothing about the personal life of the author, how do you decide if you like it or not? Should school children be prohibited from reading "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" or even seeing the movie, until we are sure that B. Traven was a person whose moral fiber meets your standards? __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much. Last edited by jtur88; August 16th, 2008 at 10:06 PM.