User MKWT explained it fairly well. We have solved all the major issues with fracking, so now the only issue left is oil and gas releases. If we build out renewables as Kamala wants, fracking would be a non issue.

The article describes how the rural population has been overlooked and abandoned in favor of the inner cities, leading to higher levels of racism.

“This is just dumb hicks mad at black people!”

Good job buddy

It was more for the woman to not sleep around or sell her virginity.

Back in ye olden times, you would pay a bride price to the parents of the bride, both symbolizing the eternal debt you owed to your wife and as a way to show you had plenty of money to spare to take care of your wife. You would then give your wife a dower, sonething they could hold onto in case you lost all your money or she became suddenly widowed. This historically was property but became rings or jewelry with expensive stones. The wife would take the dower as a sign she would no longer need to worry, and in exchange be a maiden on her wedding night. These practices were only for the wealthy, until indistrialization brought the practice to a growing middle class. Then, in the early to mid 1900s, marketing campaigns began associating the price of a ring to the love you felt for your wife, leading us to today.

I didn’t know childproof door locks were so serious now adays.

Exactly, it’s bad porn, give them a better, more age appropriate book.

Have you read Fifty Shades? There should be zero debate the book is soft core porn. Even if you want to have a discussion about toxic relationships or any of its other themes you can provide age appropriate books with those themes. You are not witholding information, you are stopping your fifth grader from reading smut. As the parent of a young kid you should be monitoring what they watch and consume.

The parents at that age. Also, let’s not kid ourselves, if you had a kid at that age you wouldn’t let them read fifty shades, you would take it and explain it had adult themes and they can read it when they’re an adult.

Difficult to get through does not equal appropriate for children. A kid can read a hard book, plenty do.

Exactly, they are heavy themes and should be read with parental guidance. Also I got the ages mixed up I thought 12 was 5th/6th grade, turns out it’s 7th. Should be closer to 10.

Just going off what google says are King’s top 10 works:

1. The Shining - Violence, Mental Health, Psychosis

2. The Green Mile - Good for most kids that can understand the concept of racism.

3. Salem’s Lot - I have not read this one, but the internet says it’s gore heavy and horror filled.

4. Carrie - Gore

5. IT - Horror, Violence, and the sewer scene.

6. Pet Semetsry - Considered to be King’s most disturbing book.

7. Doctor Sleep- Shining sequel, still horror and violence.

8. 11/22/63 - Good

9. The Stand - Violence, though better than the others.

10. The Dead Zone - Probably good, thougj has mature themes.

If 7/8 of the top 10 King works are not good for children, and King is the world’s foremost horror writer, it is safe to assume many of his works are not good for a younger audience without guidance and supervision. Obviously Stephen King has novels and stories suitable for young children, and each book should be looked at on their own not as a collective.

The problem here is you chose two non-controverisal books that have harder themes but are still mostly pg. I would argue most parents editor give their 10yo the silmarillion, but i highly doubt many would give them Game of Thrones.

I’m more concerned about the unrestricted access. Kids often have the emotional and logical understanding to read these works, but the point of the library is to have easy and unblocked access to the material, which topics featured in King’s books are heavy and it should be up to the parents to guide and help them read. Over 12/13 the kids should be able to pick for themselves bar pornographic material like that one book everyone always argues over.

The books shouldn’t be banned in high schools for sure. I could see the argument for middle schools, and the books should never see anyone under 12.

Of all the things Russia has spent money on, I have no doubts they have kept most of their nuclear arsenal in working condition. Even if they spent $0 on their military they would find a way to keep the nukes in working order.

Empress? Turbo racist. There is another person who cannot crack it as consistently but can do it pretty well.

Denuvo specifically is only cracked consistently by like three people. A turbo racist, a trans woman, and a dude who only cracks the newest sports games.

I thought they also got expanded backpack space.

Removed by mod

China, Russia, Iran, etc.