In Soviet Russia, only Photoshop tool is cut out tool, in America they can paste in stuff...
Posted on 03/26/2015 10:49:45 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Titles including Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen, have been taken off the shelves in the village of Kharbatovo, in the southern Irkutsk Region, after a request from the local education council, the Meduza news website reports. It seems the decision is based on a law aimed at "protecting children from information that harms their health and development", the site says. The law came into force in September 2012, and introduced age restrictions for books, films and theatre productions, among other measures. The council fears that Twain's book may encourage children to become vagrants, and says other tales promote a disrespect for parents and family values, Ekho Moskvy radio reports.
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I’m of the opinion that “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” is irretrievably racist.
“Thumbelina”?
I’m baffled. Other than the part that she married her prince (which may be counter to current moral thought), what is wrong with it?
Well the red fish (Walker, Cruz, or Rubio) must defeat the blue fish (The Beast or Fauxahontas) next year, or we are all fish bait.
My ninth grade science teacher, a genius in my adult estimation, taught us scientific classification with that book. The memories of that class are awesome 40 years later. We discussed what it meant to be alive. We discussed Global Cooling and the coming Ice Age, the popular fare of the time, in rational terms.
Here’s to you Mr. Porter, where ever you may be today!
Backwards Philistines. “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is one of my favorite books.
In Soviet Russia, only Photoshop tool is cut out tool, in America they can paste in stuff...
Might as well ban all Disney movies, seems like every Disney movie has as its' core a child disobeying their parents.
“Daddy drinks because you cry.” was one of my childhood favorites.
This is ironic, because I remember reading that in the Soviet Union, Mark Twain was one of the few American authors permitted.
“This is ironic, because I remember reading that in the Soviet Union, Mark Twain was one of the few American authors permitted.”
Twain has been very popular there. They even made a movie of Huck Finn there once. The only departure from the book was that Huck’s father drank vodka instead of whiskey.
Quick — send people those books.
Where was “Daddy drinks because you cry?” Or are you kidding?
It’s from an old list of joke book names from a washington post style section years ago. They asked for submissions from the public and people offered up some fake titles. You can find copies on the internet, w/some additions. Here’s a link to one:
http://www.linkydinky.com/kidsbooks.shtml
Thanks for the funny stuff at the link.
In Soviet Union numerous American authors were permitted and many were popular.
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