Quote from: Bethany Dawn on July 28, 2013, 10:11:14 PM
Nothing like roasting marshmellows for smores over a bad book. 

Ah, but wouldn't you worry the marshmallows would end up being poisoned by ignorance and misinformation?

Maddy

Quote from: MadeleineG on July 28, 2013, 10:15:31 PM
Ah, but wouldn't you worry the marshmallows would end up being poisoned by ignorance and misinformation?

Maddy

Nahh The only thing that a book like that can poison are the minds of people that actually read it.

Quote from: Bethany Dawn on July 28, 2013, 10:19:15 PM
Nahh The only thing that a book like that can poison are the minds of people that actually read it.

The author of this book deserves a good intellectual tar-and-feathering.

My exact thoughts after reading: Time for a good ol' fashion book burning!

Quote from: AmberSkyeArisen on July 29, 2013, 02:35:19 AM
My exact thoughts after reading: Time for a good ol' fashion book burning!

The more I think about it, the more I feel that book burnings is something that The Opposition would do...

Quote from: Anna! on July 29, 2013, 08:21:47 AM
The more I think about it, the more I feel that book burnings is something that The Opposition would do...

I agree. Burning a meanspirited or wrongheaded book may be cathartic, but you need to keep an intact copy on hand so you can rebut. Burn the argument, not the pages.

Maddy

Quote from: Bethany Dawn on July 28, 2013, 10:11:14 PM
Nothing like roasting marshmellows for smores over a bad book.  than Anna can say it also gave her food for thought. LOL
I been reading to many of Devlyn's posts

There's a cure for that. Keep reading my posts to find out! 

I'd shred the pages and burn it, making it harder for it to be repaired and given back. Then forget about it.

There are really only three choices to work with.

Ditch it, it is worthless and you don't need it.

Send it back and say thanks for the journal, but some idiot ruined it by writing dumb ->-bleeped-<- all over the pages and can she get her money back.

Send HER a present that clearly is the opposite of her gift.

But 2 and 3 likely just make things worse.

Quote from: MadeleineG on July 29, 2013, 11:28:06 AM
I agree. Burning a meanspirited or wrongheaded book may be cathartic, but you need to keep an intact copy on hand so you can rebut. Burn the argument, not the pages.

Maddy

Well said. It is horrifying to me to think of defacing pretty much any kind of book, so I have a difficult time advising you on what to do with it.

I'd probably read it... if I ran out of library books, and had nothing else lying around (it happens...).

Quote from: Anna! on July 28, 2013, 07:10:52 PM
The question is, what should I do with it?

I'd say you should put it in your bookshelf, in a dedicated area called "what you should give me as present if you want to upset me."

A symbolic burning sounds good,  and should be cleansing.  Then she truly will have given you a gift,  which was the intention, right?  :-)

Quote from: Akira21 ♡♡♡ on July 30, 2013, 04:01:15 AM
Then she truly will have given you a gift,  which was the intention, right?  :-)

Okay, you got me. That totally beats my proposal.

Actually, the comment about NOT burning the book actually rings true with me.

Nothing angers me more, than when I think of the loss of the Great Library of Alexandria.

Keep the book so you can reference it when needed. Because sometimes the bull->-bleeped-<-ters can't even get their bull->-bleeped-<- correct

Quote from: PiaBianca on July 30, 2013, 12:34:26 AM
I'd say you should put it in your bookshelf, in a dedicated area called "what you should give me as present if you want to upset me."

I actually like this idea.  I might also put it in my basement, where maybe the spiders can read it.

burning it does sound fun but confronting your mother will dramatically strengthen you as a person. I had to put my foot down to my family about the way I live my life. and nothing feels better than taking control of your life and telling everyone to either accept you or get the hell out of my way!

Quote from: curiousandconsideringit on July 30, 2013, 08:53:25 PM
burning it does sound fun but confronting your mother will dramatically strengthen you as a person. I had to put my foot down to my family about the way I live my life. and nothing feels better than taking control of your life and telling everyone to either accept you or get the hell out of my way!

Yeah, this is a bad idea given Anna's situation. You're forgiven for not knowing the rest of the story

I am sorry. I didn't mean to give bad advice. I have always been a very independent person that did well on my own. I wouldn't suggest being as stubborn as me unless you are already on that path as it has never been easy for me.

All advice and opinions are welcome here, thank you for sharing your ideas curiousandconsideringit!  I took the stubborn "i've made up my mind and nothing can stop me" approach for a few months, but my parents are control freaks and didn't work well.  Now I'm afraid of being shot if I ever see them again

in that case I would steer clear too! I know being shot can't feel any better than getting stabbed and that sucked for a long time.