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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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To: H. Paul Pressler IV
I don't know.
Maybe you can read both, interview this lady and report back to us.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:37:09 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: H. Paul Pressler IV
Non-Fiction Books from The Bell Curve to Freakonomics should never be banned. Banned from where? This is a reading list.
I oppose censorship. I support schools deciding what they should recommend for reading and also what they have in their libraries.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:37:27 PM PDT
by
Protagoras
("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
To: Protagoras
Does the age have something to due with the suitablity?
It has something to do with a work of Literature standing the test of time and obviously having something to say to succeeding generations.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:38:17 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: prophetic
The Bible can be found in just about any Public library.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:38:39 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
THIS IS NOT BOOK BURNING.
THIS IS ONE BOARD MEMBER AT ONE HIGH SCHOOL SAYING SHE DOES NOT LIKE THE BOOKS IN THE CURRICULUM. VOICING OPINIONS ABOUT THIS IS HER JOB.
DO NOT KNEE-JERK. THIS IS NOT GOVERNMENT BANNING OR CENSORSHIP.
To: Borges
Billy Pilgrim and Tralfamadorian bump
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:39:17 PM PDT
by
roaddog727
(eludium PU36 explosive space modulator)
To: Borges
But did any of the other board members read any at all? I think the only one on that list I've even started was Slaughterhouse-5, and I didn't finish it.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:39:36 PM PDT
by
nina0113
To: Alter Kaker
Compared to what? The Perks of Being a Wallflower? A cheap romance novel? In that context The Song of Songs is downright boring.
I don't have a problem with my 14yr. old daughter reading The Song of Songs, I do have a problem with her reading some trashy paperback.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:40:05 PM PDT
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: AppyPappy
Yeah. Very graphic. Maybe JimRob should pull it because it is so offensive. You must be one of those perverts who doesn't think sex is evil.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:40:08 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Protagoras
I think we are wasting our time, Protagoras.
Some people see "removed from reading list" and have the Pavlovian response: "CENSORSHIP! CENSORSHIP! They'll ban Huck Finn next! And then The Wizard of Oz! Then, they'll control everything we read! Book burners! Naziiiiiiiiiiiiss!!"
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:40:13 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: Borges
really?
well its nowhere in my city for the same reasons cited.
To: Borges
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:40:55 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: H. Paul Pressler IV
Richard the Lionhearted was supposedly at least "bi", so it goes back far beyond James I.
To: ishabibble
Somebody just like this councilwoman banned Huck Finn, and more importantly, The Little Engine That Could. So where do we redraw the line .......?The line should be drawn at government schools. Abolish them and the problem disappears.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:42:26 PM PDT
by
Protagoras
("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
To: prophetic
That's strange to say the least. I would wager that it's also in most public school libraries. It's impossible to study Western literary traditions without understanding all the Biblical references.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:42:39 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: H. Paul Pressler IV
There are Plenty of Gay Kings to study in World History starting with James I. Edward II.
Richard I.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:43:50 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 113-118)
To: Borges
It has something to do with a work of Literature standing the test of time and obviously having something to say to succeeding generations.Unfortunately, that is not the topic.
Suitability for reading lists in high schools is the subject.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:43:53 PM PDT
by
Protagoras
("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
To: Protagoras
It is a reading list put out by the school district. So it is. However, I fail to see why the book is inappropriate for classroom use. If the ideas contained within make someone uncomfortable, what will we say when that principle is extended to science class, to rule out uncomfortable theories? Or history class, to omit uncomfortable events or the interpretations thereof?
To: Protagoras
the article states that these books have been approved by the teachers and department chairs.
To: MAexile
I don't have a problem with my 14yr. old daughter reading The Song of Songs, I do have a problem with her reading some trashy paperback.So you'd let her read pornography, just because God says it's ok? What kind of parent are you?
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:45:37 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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