An opinion from a teenager.

what is this I don't even
I play cards with J.D. Shelnut, chief of PO-lice! So kiss my ass, you old bastard!

10/10 would read again.

Now I could be a complete troll here, commenting on how reading promotes mental sharpness, and gives you something to talk about at the dinner table. I could say that a mature adult handles his liquor, and a number of other poisons, if that is his/her choice; you didn't directly knock "the dark side", but it was implied that the virgin life is something to boast about (LOL). I might comment on religion - while it has total control over some, it is a moral foothold for others. And then I would add that some adults deserve very little respect. But I'm not here to attack you, someone who seems relatively open-minded; I'm here to laugh at the people who are trying to defend Dakota's innocence (who I doubt are on this forum).

I'm seventeen myself, and I agree. I share many of the interests of the OP, but there are some things I want to add which has annoyed me for a long time.

There's this thing that I see many parents do, and it's poking fingers at stuff and placing blame everywhere else but at themselves. They'll say that these people are a bad influence, that those celebrities are terrible or something along those lines. You'know, you can't hang with him or her. What actually makes something or someone a bad influence is how the kid perceives the information or person that is given to him/her throughout the day.

What I'm trying to say is; teach your kid to think for themselves. Help build their confidence. Insert trust and loyalty in their lives. Really, it's not always about the sender, it's the receiver that ought to change. YOU have got to be the good role model.

I can safely watch The Runaways without immediatly becoming a loose drug-user. It's called critical thinking and strong morals. We're not all stupid, and you don't all have to take responsibility for us. Anyway.

>> Now I personally challenge any of you so called "Adults" who plan to challenge MY logic. My completely unbiased logic.

Present some, and we can go from there.

What I read was the missives of someone who, being immature and rather self-important, has taken it upon himself to challenge the ideas and opinions of all those "old" people who reacted strongly to Dakota Fanning's portrayal of an alcoholic slut.

When you have children of your own, nurture them, provide them guidance and watch them grow into adulthood, perhaps then you may have some common ground with which to "challenge" the sense of shock and pain one feels when they see a child we've watched grow from a child turn to these dark roles.

I'm not saying you presented an invalid opinion, but by discounting or denigrating the opinions of others you essentially fall into the same category of people you excoriate for having such opinions. Granted, they could (and should) probably limit their exposure and express their disappointment in more constructive ways, but essentially they are expressing a strong reaction to a strong performance in what I can only assume is the only way they know. And that's actually a compliment to Dakota Fanning's acting abilities.

But, speaking as one of the "adults" you want to challenge, when you make such a big deal of being 17 with "a damned set of abs" and, in the same conversation try to present yourself as being "unbiased", you are not only showing your obvious bias, but your immaturity as well.

This posting simply shows how extreme people can be, I guess.


It's an R-rated FILM about a rock star that failed just as fast as that form of music did. Nothing more here, moving on...

Yes, I too remember my first beer ;-)

Or more to the point, I too remember being 16 and in the peak of form physically (and hormonally). It's dead-easy to feel you are some kind of Superman at that age. Relish it while you can but don't forget to learn the all-important concept of humility. You're just another person after all. I still have these stud-muffin pics from those younger days but can't help look at them now thinking "young dumb full of cum". Trust me, no matter who you are, at 16 you have a LOT yet to learn about life. Not yet in a position to dictate how "adults" should think or conduct themselves.

Now go try to drink a beer again.

Being not too far from your age (22 myself) and not to far from your personality at that age (besides the virgin thing, threw that out the window at 14, but was never "promiscuous" until later years) I can offer only a few words of adive, literally 3: give it time.

If my life is any indication (which it may not be at all, who knows) the next 5 or so years will be a total smack in the face.

On topic of the movie, to me, Dakota seems like a smart chick, and a good actress, who is already ready in her mind at least to take on challenging roles. We'll see if she's right, it would really suck to see her become another coke-whore-hollywood-slut, but hey its not my life.

And parents just have strange ideas about raising kids. I was raised with very little censorship around me, the first movie my parents took me to in theaters was Terminator, and I certainly am not and was never some gun-toting violent kid or anything like that. I had a bunch of sex when I became a teenager because that's what I wanted to do, probably based on the fact that that's what our bodies are designed to do.

When I'm a parent I will focus more on teaching a "look before you leap" approach to sex. You can never not do what you have done, or un-see the things you've seen. Being raised that way myself really helped me avoid some possibly bad decision making.