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[shemthepenman]

Thing is, if you're not troubled by Lenny squishing a mouse, you miss a significant part of why the novel is important.  Warnings, labels, whatever -- they're really just shortcuts enabling things to be pre-judged.

true, but i kinda meant 'deeply troubled', in a clinical sense. and for sure, a label enables prejudgement; not only that, but a prejudgement based on an arbitrary socio-intersubjective standard. yet, in all honesty, i think we, as human beings, cherish the conflict-the short cuts of the world enable a short cut to dissidence and rebellion; a label saying 'parental advisory' lets the little ones know "your parents will not necessarily want you listening to this". . . short cut to "better listen to this then! thank you 'parental advisory' label". and when it comes to art [in all its forms], done right, lenny squishing a mouse will be as troubling to those warned, as those not.