Comments on My Hunger Games Post{and My Responses}

I hereby announce to the world that

I AM OFFENDED BY THE HUNGER GAMES!

{All Scripture References are either NKJV or NIV}

                        

~God is light, in Him there is no darkness at all. 1st John 1:5b~

~Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds & praise your Father in Heaven. ~Matthew 5:16~

                                                  

~Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly diving the word of truth. 2 ~Timothy 2:15~

                    

A excerpt from the book:

I crouch before her, staring up helplessly at the embedded weapon. There’s no point in comforting words, in telling her she’ll be all right. She’s no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. As if it’s me who’s dying instead of Rue.

[~Katniss]

Ok, I got this comment from Lilac a couple of nights ago on my '{Horrible} Hunger Games' post. I wanted to respond to you in a post, Lilac. I want to respond to each thing she says. I also wanted to thank Lilac for commenting. I love comments!
 

Here's what she said{in its original form}:

Lilac : Okay Girls,This post really offended me and some of the comments.I am HUGE fan of Hunger Games!!!It changed my life and it is soooo inspiring for me!!No one likes the Hunger Games,in the books they are fighting to end it!Do you think that Katniss wanted to go to the Hunger Games,No!She only volunteer for her sister,she only did it so her sister didn't have to go!Do you think Peeta wanted to go,No!!Peeta didn't even kill anyone and Katniss only killed to save Rue and Peeta!She felt sooo bad when she did!You posted the worse part in the whole book!There are many great parts,that is only one part!You never even read the books how can you say these things when you never read the books!I could never say these things about Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter,because I never read the books! Not everyone likes the same things,that is what makes the world go round.                               

~Now I respond~

Lilac: Okay Girls,This post really offended me and some of the comments.I am HUGE fan of Hunger Games!!!

Willow: I'm sorry, Lilac, but as you say at the end of your comment, Not everyone likes the same things,that is what makes the world go round.  This is my opinion. And well, this comment kind of implies that I shouldn't have this posted this. You have your opinion, I have mine. And that is absolutely fine with me. I want everyone to be opinionated. Please be opinionated! But... you are a huge fan of books where 12 year-olds[Correction: Only Rue & 1{?}other Tribute are 12. Of course, it is meant for 12 to 18 year-olds, so my point still stands]try not to have their necks snapped by the other contestants? {And that does happen, I might add}

Lilac: It changed my life and it is soooo inspiring for me!!

Willow: How did it change your life? I understand the meaning of the books, that this is what the world might be like in the future, but that doesn't excuse poor 12 year-old Rue getting run through by someone else who wants to survive. Doesn't anyone think that's bad? Did it change your life that you don't want an evil government to take over? Or that these 12 Districts weren't brave enough to get rid of the horrid 'Capitol' until after 74 Hunger Games?[Correction: They have been 'fighting' to end it, though my point still stands that they hadn't succeeded yet]

Lilac: No one likes the Hunger Games,in the books they are fighting to end it!Do you think that Katniss wanted to go to the Hunger Games,No!She only volunteer for her sister,she only did it so her sister didn't have to go!Do you think Peeta wanted to go,No!!

Willow: Well, they fought in it, didn't they? If you want to end something by fighting in it, that doesn't work very well. And I wouldn't want to go either. I'm pretty sure that no one wanted to go. That's why they choose them! That's also why they didn't have a volunteer list.[Correction: Wealthy kids volunteered. Hmm...]

Lilac: Peeta didn't even kill anyone and Katniss only killed to save Rue and Peeta!She felt sooo bad when she did!

Willow: Good for Peeta. And I'm sure the people Katniss killed will understand once they get to Heaven or wherever they're going. And feeling bad doesn't really help the people who got shot by her. I feel pity for the people who were killed by her.

Lilac: You posted the worse part in the whole book!There are many great parts,that is only one part!

Willow: I'm sorry, but last time I checked, a bad part counts as a part of a book. I'm sure there are plenty of fine parts. But, I chose this part because it illustrates my point. Using a nice part doesn't really help an arguments about the negative parts, I don't think.

Lilac: You never even read the books how can you say these things when you never read the books!I could never say these things about Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter,because I never read the books!

Willow: Last time I checked, I did not title my post 'A Review on the Hunger Games'. And I have the perfect right to post my thoughts about it. And actually, I've read quite a bit about the books and the movie. I'm pretty sure that I know more about this then most parents of the HG lovers{unless they read the books}. I just don't want to read the books because of the points in my other post. I have no comment about Harry Potter, but for LOTR, I do. If you read lots of reviews about it, you have the perfect right to post your thoughts about it. But I might add that in LOTR, there are not kids killing kids. There are kids, but they get chosen to help defend their country against the horridly evil Orcs. They don't stab each other in the back with a spear.

Lilac: Not everyone likes the same things,that is what makes the world go round.

Willow: I agree. This is my opinion.

~The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil & the good Proverbs 15:3~

Ok, I had just finished my other post, but hadn't posted yet, when this comment came up, from Mackenzie.

Mackenzie: Ok I'm sorry, but this post really offended me.
I mean you haven't even read hunger games!
And you put the worst part in all the books in your post?!?
I can totally understand why don't like it,and I agree with you on the whole kids killing other kids,no one likes it! No one in the book likes it,only president snow!
In the 2nd and 3rd book they are trying to take down the Capitol so that there are NO MORE hunger games. Don't you see,you are looking at the worst part of the books!
I don't like Star Wars or any of that stuff,but I don't go on about how much I don't like it..
This really made me upset.
Everyone keeps judging it!
I thought i wasn't going to like it at first,but I do now,it's my favorite book series.
I totally understand how people have different opinions,and I respect that.
Also,I can be way over obsessive about it.
And I will try to be better at keeping my "obsession" in.
But please,keep it to yourself.

~A Hunger Games fan

               

~Your word is a lamp to my feet & a light to my path. Psalm 119:105~

~Now I Respond~
 

Willow: Ok, lets take these one at a time:

Mackenzie: Ok I'm sorry, but this post really offended me. I mean you haven't even read hunger games!
And you put the worst part in all the books in your post?!? 

Willow: You have a perfect right to be offended. I actually have read quite a bit about it, as I've said before. And again, a bad part in a book is part of a book. 

~God is light, in Him there is no darkness at all. 1st John 1:5b~
Mackenzie: I can totally understand why don't like it,and I agree with you on the whole kids killing other kids,no one likes it! No one in the book likes it,only president snow!

Willow: Yes, but why do you want to subject yourself to this gratuitous killing? Shows what Suzanne Collins likes imagining.

Mackenzie: In the 2nd and 3rd book they are trying to take down the Capitol so that there are NO MORE hunger games. Don't you see,you are looking at the worst part of the books!

Willow: Good for them! But they still participated. Didn't they? They didn't refuse to kill anyone. Or at least Katniss didn't, so I'm told. And I know I am, but still, a bad part is still in the book. Maybe Suzanne Collins shouldn't have put that part in it if people don't like it so much? Hmmm.

Mackenzie: I don't like Star Wars or any of that stuff,but I don't go on about how much I don't like it..

Willow: I'm not going on, I literally just posted 2 posts about it{and the second was like, a paragraph long}. And now 3 that people keep commenting on the first one. And the only reason I posted the first one was because people kept saying how awesome it was and I was quite tired of there being no oppositions.

Mackenzie: This really made me upset. Everyone keeps judging it!

Willow: I'm sorry this makes you upset, but this is true. I'm not making it up. It's from the book itself! And most people seem to like it, not dislike it. And, actually, I'm discerning it. I'm deciding that I don't want to watch this, and I want other people to know what they're getting into. And, aren't you judging me for judging it?

Mackenzie: I thought i wasn't going to like it at first,but I do now,it's my favorite book series. I totally understand how people have different opinions,and I respect that. Also,I can be way over obsessive about it. And I will try to be better at keeping my "obsession" in.
But please,keep it to yourself.

~A Hunger Games fan

Willow: O-kay. Please keep it to yourself? Isn't this the land of the free and the home of the brave? As I have said before, you have a right to your opinion, and I have a right to mine. That's why I call this blog 'In the Words of Willow' because it is my opinion. And I have a right to that. I honestly have not talked that much about THG, as you can see if you check out my posts. And I will not keep it to myself. You don't have to read my blog if you don't like my opinion, it's a free country.

          

~Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9~

~But seek first His kingdom & His righteousness, & all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33~

Yours Truly,

                                                                        

~Willow~

P.S.

If you don't want me to post my narrow-minded opinion about THG anymore, I wouldn't try making large arguments to me, I usually have to respond in a post if you do. 

[I have added 'corrections']