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Philip Pullman talks about “Compass” controversy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The controversy over “The Golden Compass,” Philip Pullman’s fantasy novel, which is coming out as a movie Dec. 7, got a lot of interest on this blog last week. Now Pullman is appearing in a series of videos on Youtube in which he addresses his take(s) on what’s going on. His questioner is Donna Freitas, author of “Killing the Imposter God,” a new book about Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy. I’m posting them here because there was so much interest in the topic.
Here is Pullman giving advice to parents.
This is Pullman talking about his agenda.
And Pullman on religion.
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By Thomas
November 12, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this
Six words from the first video sum it up quite succinctly.
Read the book. Trust your children.
That’s the entire matter in a nutshell. If the naysayers would only read the book, then perhaps they wouldn’t fear what they don’t understand. And more than that, shouldn’t “read the book” be the rule of behavior for any piece of entertainment that a parent chooses to place before their children? Change the subject and verb. Listen to the music. Watch the movie. Play the game.
Rather than being up in arms about something that might or might not harm your child — the threat of which has been manufactured for you by others — why not take the time to find out for yourself if the book / song / game is really bad. If you read for yourself and decide against it, well, then at least you’ve made an informed decision, instead of adopting a position foisted upon you by someone else. Someone else, for that matter, who isn’t in charge of raising your child.