That's pretty simple. It's representative government. They are not violating any rights, first or any others. Anyone who wants the book can buy it and read it to their children...but they do not have the right to make it a part of everyone's currculumn if they object to it.
That's not myopic, that's common decency and respect for the views and rights of others and their children. If you can't communicate "don't: without going into graphic detail on a matter such as this, then perhaps a different swriting style for this age group is in order, that's just my opinion.
...and if the people in that schoold district feel this way about it...then what we just witnessed IMHO is our government workiong the way it should work.
One more time, I'm not saying that anyone's rights are being violated, so there is no need to repeat "They are not violating any rights" over and over. That is not in dispute. The district is within its rights.
That's not myopic, that's common decency and respect for the views and rights of others and their children. If you can't communicate "don't: without going into graphic detail on a matter such as this, then perhaps a different swriting style for this age group is in order, that's just my opinion.
I disagree on the common decency bit. What's going on here is that some are so reactionary that they cannot see that Blume is actually espousing the same values. It's comical in a Monty Python sort of way. You can almost see Cleese as the stiff bureacrat who can't see what's right beneath his nose. It boils down to the "You have the right to be as stupid as you please" axiom.