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**Caursedus** · 09-21-2012, 06:00 PM

One person raised in Thailand and now living in the US indicated to me that reading fiction was disfavored as a type of escapism inconsistent with living fully in the present. Not sure whether that is purely a personal view, a religious principle, or is "cultural."

09-21-2012, 06:00 PM	#20
Caursedus Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	One person raised in Thailand and now living in the US indicated to me that reading fiction was disfavored as a type of escapism inconsistent with living fully in the present. Not sure whether that is purely a personal view, a religious principle, or is "cultural."
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