Prodigal Child Review
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» EDavidMoulton - "Bad" Language
I am the author of “Prodigal Child.” Janet Blaylock in her review raised the issue of the "Bad" language. The reason I included it is because I was writing about someone who grew up on the streets of London. This is the language of “The Street” and the music business, in particular Rock-n-Roll. I am a songwriter and in the early 1990s I hung around the Los Angeles music scene. To not include this language in the dialogue would not be authentic.It was not my intention to mislead anyone who might be offended by such language, which is why I used it in the very first chapter, so there would be no illusions as to the genre of the book.
In the 1960s in England, the publishers of DH Lawrence’s book "Lady Chatterley's Lover" were put on trial for
publishing pornography. The defense claimed it was literature and won the case by proving all the so-called "Bad" words had existed in the English language for centuries, they had just fallen out of general use. The “F” word for example was an abbreviation for “Felonious Use of Carnal Knowledge.” A criminal act in England in the Middle Ages.
It is my belief that there are no bad words unless they hurt someone, in which case any word can be a bad word. On TV certain words are bleeped out, butt cracks are fuzzed out, but we are allowed to view dead bodies. Which is more obscene?
“Prodigal Child” is not a religious book; its title might lead you to believe it is. But it does have a strong Spiritual message of not only overcoming adversity but also growing stronger from it.
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