X-rated?

Were you horrified when you looked at this image?

Did you giggle nervously and avert your eyes?

Maybe you laughed a good belly laugh?

Ahhh C'mon people! It's only an x-rated refrigerator magnet for Pete's sake! Shoot I'm not so sure it's even x-rated.

My 12 year old is reading the "Odyssey". I never would have thought that my 12 year old son would enjoy reading Homer's epic poem; but he does. I think he enjoys the battle scenes more than anything.

He did make one comment that I found mildly amusing. "You know Mom," he said this past weekend, "I really enjoy reading the Odyssey; but I sure could do without all of the porn."

Porn?

In the "Odyssey"?

I suppose I should investigate. It's been a long while since our community had a good, old fashioned book burning.

Burn, baby burn!

So what's my point? Well, I suppose that my point is this.

One person's classical literature is another person's porn; while one person's x-rated refrigerator magnet might just be another person's risque expression of magnetic whimsy.

Ok, so don't fill up my mailbox with hateful e-mails. I agree that child porn and bestiality are bad things. There are other things that I find equally odious and intolerable; but for today, the "Odyssey" and a penis bead magnet are not two of those things.

So relax! Scroll back up. Look at the magnet and have a good giggle! Then go find a copy of the "Odyssey" and settle in for a good read! I promise that neither activity will strike you blind!