I see your point about the paradox, but I think most people don't necessarily need a big public display from her, but have qualms about the fact that the publisher has not spoken to her directly.

Exactly. And a battle with a lucid representative of her estate would be far more difficult.

I was thinking about that with this whole situation, and I really would feel better if this were happening posthumously even despite a battle between her estate and the publishers. Maybe that means my moral compass needs adjusting.

Not to mention that this particular lawyer has done shady things in the past when it comes to Lee's work.

I also wonder why they're doing this now rather than waiting to publish it posthumously. I wonder if her will is more difficult to get around.

I can't believe Harper Lee, in her current state, after years of desiring privacy, filing law suits to protect her product and privacy, and claiming that she'd never write another book, is enthusiastically on board with this.

Yeah, it's a very interesting conflict. I don't have kids, so how I would raise them is very much an ideal as opposed to reality. As a gay woman, I know that it will be very difficult to explain to my kids that many religious people are wrong about gay people, but that they still need to be respected in general. I'm…

Why what? Why do I want my kids to respect other people's beliefs?

Yeah, agreed. I said in another comment that I probably shouldn't have said "wrong" but just that you can raise your kids to respect someone else's beliefs.

WHY is this always what people get hung up on? DON'T HAVE SEX WITH AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON.

Yep. Corgis love nothing more than to be at your heels all day. I've said this elsewhere in this comment section, but my mom has a dachshund who is much the same way, and she is constantly concerned she's going to trip and hurt the dog or break her (replaced) hips.

Yeah I get that, but it does get more difficult. My mom is not nearly as old as the Queen (my mom's in her late 60s), but she has two replaced hips and an active dachshund who loves to be underfoot no matter how much training and discipline she gets. My mom is constantly worried she'll trip over her and hurt either…

Yeah, okay, I agree with you there. Wrong wasn't the right word.

Totally. There's a huge difference between not being religious and actually identifying as atheist. I still know people in my mom's generation who I'm 100% sure don't believe in a god but fear that label.

I think there's a way to impress that idea upon your kid without teaching them that individual believers are wrong or stupid. Because I totally agree that religion has no place in our laws and politics, but I want my future kids to respect that some people believe in a higher being and some don't.

I wasn't raised ardently atheist. I knew we were Christians in the loosest sense of the word, but we never attended church and never spoke about god or prayed or did anything remotely religious (beyond hosting Christmas dinner...which also included no praying). I think that upbringing may be more common (than flat-out…

Wait, explain. I understand not thinking it was bad, but PRAISE?

Yeah, I figured that was probably the case. This one just seems worse than usual.

What a terribly composed picture. Seriously. This flatters none of them.

It is hilarious to me that a show that kind of revolves around hanging people doesn't know that it's hanged.