stirred up some not-insignificant hubbub in the surrounding community of
idio... concerned parents. I'm not quite sure what they wouldn't want
their progeny exposed to - the argument that communism/totalitarianism
is very bad? Talking livestock? Still haven't figured that one out,
exactly. Maybe I lived in a Trotskyite hotbed and never knew it? Naaaaaaah.
- Jim
C. Hatton Humphrey wrote:
>Nothing new here� schools throughout the US have tried at various times to
>ban various books from their libraries under the auspices that they are
>sending the wrong message or promoting questionable lifestyles to children.
>
>ACLU�s top 100 banned books (links to a PDF)
>http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=13676&c=83
><http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=13676&c=83>
>
>St. Charles Public Library � Banned Book Week
>http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/arl_banned.htm
>
>Has lists of the books banned in different years. Here�s a few I thought
>would turn heads:
>The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
>The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
>Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
>The Color Purple Alice Walker
>The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
>A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
>The Call of the Wild - Jack London
>
>Interesting what people think will harm our children, eh?
>
>Until Later!
>Hatton
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:29 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Texas High School may ban Huxley and Heinlein...
>
>...you know, for the CHILDREN
>
>http://www.themonitor.com/NewsPub/News/Stories/2003/09/22/10642896312.shtml
>
>Heaven forbid a high school student, subject to "inappropriate sexual
>arousal" be exposed to Brave New World or Stranger in a Strange Land.
>If the concerned (read: negligent) parents feel these two excellent
>books are simlpy pornographic, I might suggest we take up a collection
>to send them a copy of this:
>
>http://makeashorterlink.com/?I30A21EF5
>
>- Jim
>
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>
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