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7 deadly books? Talk of ban hits burbs
Chicago Sun Times ^
| 5/22/06
| RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Posted on 05/22/2006 12:11:31 PM PDT by Borges
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:11:33 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Over a century old and they're still complaining? Sheesh.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:12:33 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
depiction of graphic sexI bet if it were graphic gay sex it'd be ok.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:12:37 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Borges
Over a century old and they're still complaining? Sheesh.Edna Pontellier was a loose woman of low moral fibre, hardly a model for our youth. We should have them all reading Pamela.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:16:03 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Puppage
depiction of graphic sex How do you have graphic sex, anyway?
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:17:11 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Borges
Horrors. Many on FR think to ban any book from a high school is like Nazi book burning.
This is a board member. She certainly has a right to express her opinion about books that she doesn't think rise up to the level of quality reading for high-schoolers.
And that is not "book-burning." It is what a board member is supposed to do.
To: Alter Kaker
Just don't let them read the bible; they might be influenced!
To: Izzy Dunne
To: Borges
They want to Ban Freakonomics?
Book Burners.
To: Alter Kaker
We should have them all reading Pamela.
Child abuse.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:19:24 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Izzy Dunne
Especially in a Book! I take it these are picture books.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:20:08 PM PDT
by
rattrap
To: CondorFlight
Just don't let them read the bible; they might be influenced!The Song of Songs is absolute filth. I'm not saying we should ban the Bible, but we should definitely expurgate the offending portions, lest anything sexual reach the eyes of our impressional young ones.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:20:29 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Siena Dreaming
And that is not "book-burning." It is what a board member is supposed to do.I totally agree.
Trying to control what adults may or may not read is a whole other discussion...
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:21:09 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Izzy Dunne
How do you have graphic sex, anyway?My wife's a graphic designer. Does that count?
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:21:12 PM PDT
by
Heyworth
To: rattrap
But you have to read a book about a homosexual king to kindergartners in Massachusetts, because "gay marriage" is legal there, and you have to celebrate diversity.
To: Alter Kaker
The Song of Songs is absolute filth. Prove it.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:22:56 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: H. Paul Pressler IV
Seriously. If we're going to remove every non-fiction title that contains ideas which make someone or other uncomfortable, we might as well give up on the idea of a library altogether. Just put some blank sheets of paper and crayons in there, and forget about the whole "book" thing.
To: Dilbert San Diego
There are Plenty of Gay Kings to study in World History starting with James I.
To: Dilbert San Diego
Oh, of course. I try to celebrate diversity at least 3 times a week but it's starting to interfere with my work. My job is tough when I have a diversity hangover.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:24:32 PM PDT
by
rattrap
To: Borges
The Botany of Desire? How on earth can someone find a history of plants offensive?
Goodness, let's not expose students to any *ideas* in school.
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