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Lost Memory of Skin, Prt. 1, chapters; 5-7

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WildCityWoman wrote:Society seems to encourage the TV reporters to follow these people around upon their release from prison - I wonder why they don't do the same with such offenders as

l) drunk drivers who have killed;

2)wife/child beaters.

To my way of thinking, these are just as bad as sex offenders.

And again, I think women and young girls who flaunt themselves by appearing on the streets half naked are just as guilty as the sex offenders.

I really don't see the two young girls on roller blades, skirting around this guy as being sweet young things - I think of them as being brazen hussies in the making.

(Sorry - guess I've got prudish streak)
I say all the power to the reporters who will notify us when sexual offenders are released! Most of all, for the perverts who do not seek counseling or rehab while in prison. And there are plenty of them around. I say plaster their picture on the hydro poles and play grounds.

As far as the drunks who have killed.....no. They are not sitting on the couch getting sloshed and thinking I need to go kill me somebody. Where as the sexual predator is contemplating the crime.
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giselle wrote: Perhaps Banks is testing us, getting us to explore the way in which we make assumptions or stereotype people when we lack the facts and that this can be quite destructive?
It will be interesting to see if I feel differently about sexual offenders after I read the book.
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I found this paragraph on page 39 chapter 5 disturbing:

Fear of being caught and punished for doing something most people disapprove of and some people prohibit or is illegal is only what goes with playing a high-stakes game of chance. If you win you feel lucky and if you lose you feel unlucky and you just take your punishment like a man. Either way you don't feel ashamed or guilty. Its almost never colored by shame or guilt like it would if it was immoral.

Now what do you suppose he is saying here? Is he justifying himself? Does this Kid have any morals?
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He seems to have his own set of morals (whether reasonable or not) and is saying that he will not be bound by the standards that a society sets. He does, however, realize that he must take his punismhent, if caught.
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smileyface123123 wrote:I think the professor sees Kid as an object, instead of a person. He looks at him as if he were a bug under glass. The professor appears to care what happens to Kid, but I think it is for his own selfish reasons.
We meet the Professor at the end of chapter 10.
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