[Antoninus]

So back to the original question, had you known then what you know now would you have bothered to read them at all? Or would the ‘butt lust’ connection have turned you off completely?

No, I wouldn't. For the same reason I didn't go watch Broke-Back Mountin'--Rarely is the Enemy so accomodating as to tell you what he's doing in advance.

[Non-Sequitur]

No, I wouldn't. For the same reason I didn't go watch Broke-Back Mountin'--Rarely is the Enemy so accomodating as to tell you what he's doing in advance.

Well it's a good thing then, isn't it? But you might also want to keep your kids away from Moby Dick because I think the jury is still out between Queequeg and Ismael. You would also want to avoid Sherlock Holmes also because when Holmes leaves for his eventual 'death' at Reichenback Falls I believe he leaves from Charing Cross station. And for pity sake don't let them watch Breaker Morant because while awaiting execution the lead character talks about "awaiting crucifixion" and then when the firing squad shoots him his arms fly out as if he were hanging on a cross. Symbolism galore in all of those.