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That's reasonable. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 19/10/2017 11:58:56 PM

View original postClearly you're not arguing for bans on the book, but you are arguing that seeing things in literature will create uncomfortable situations for people. I would need to see scientific studies about what these people feel. Control groups. I can't accept your arguments as they stand now because it could be based on the feelings of a few while the majority (I am only thinking of the people with the PTSD here) may not have such a negative reaction.

I can respect this, but my response is that people without PTSD simply wouldn't read the trigger warning page, much like how I don't read the page about how a book is a third edition published in 1964 and has an ISBN number and is copyrighted.

Another, perhaps simpler solution, is to simply have a website that catalogues media and provides these warnings. That way a person could seek it out if they feel it necessary to be forewarned, while others would not have it spoiled. What is your opinion on that?

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
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HAHAHA! This from the person who can't even write a coherent post *NM* Tom - 20/10/2017 07:10:45 PM 581 Views
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I'm just gonna put this out there... Jeordam - 20/10/2017 07:24:55 PM 1067 Views
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Jeo I think you in particular will appreciate this damookster - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 1027 Views
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damn it *NM* damookster - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 521 Views
I think a lot of us are thinking about trigger warnings differently. Ghavrel - 21/10/2017 07:07:01 AM 1027 Views
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I see this as... Jeordam - 23/10/2017 05:23:54 PM 976 Views
I kind of break them down into two types Vodalus - 22/10/2017 03:25:04 AM 1121 Views
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Definitely more than a bit. The Shrike - 25/10/2017 12:51:55 PM 949 Views
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