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Originally Posted by Alarica
It does help to remember that not everyone was encouraged to appreciate books as a child, so something that is a pleasure to many is seen as something you only do in school because you are forced to, and never learn to enjoy.
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Your arguement proves nothing because the type of person you describe is my very definition of
idiot.
For example: It's commonly known at my job that I write a lot and hope to get things published and occasionally a co-worker will ask to see something I wrote. 90% of the time I refuse to show it and occasionally person A will be upset that I showed something to person B and not themselves. My deciding criteria is simply do I know the other person reads for pleasure. I see no point in showing my work to someone who doesn't read otherwise. They're not able to critique the work, they know nothing of literature and I must question their motives for wanting to read anything I write.
I suspect these people want to read my work only as a way to get to know me, rather than for the appreciation of the work itself and--since I have no desire to know anyone who doesn't read--I refuse to show them my work.
In short, I don't associate with non-readers unless I'm forced to, such as in my work environment, and when I am forced to deal with them their opinions on most artistic things (movies, books, music, art) are of little value to me.