It's funny because there is an anti-organized religion theme, but that's what adults pick up on. And it's not anti-religion really, but anti "the man" which just happens to be The Church, which actually reminded me of England back on the 1500s (was it 1500s? 1600s?) when the church ran everything and was *corrupt*. I think people just pick up on one tiny thread and hold onto it and don't think critically about what the message REALLY is. But it's one thing to have read the book and not like and not want your kids to read it, and something else when you want to ban it for ALL.
On Nov 23, 2007 8:52 AM, Donna White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our librarian mentioned a movement again this series also. She said the > first ones were not supposed to be so blatantly opposed to religion but > the > most current one is? I have not read them and know nothing about them, > but > there must definitely be some kind of movement going on there too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heather Poland > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 10:47 AM > To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. > Subject: Re: [LIT] Banning Books Still a American Tradition! > > Oh my gosh! That is horrible!! I can't believe he was fired! I wonder if > the > union is doing anything about it? And I agree - it really makes me mad > when > people want to ban things without reading them. > > I was forwarded an email about the movie The Golden Compass (which is of > course one of my all time favorite books), and it was saying not to let > your kids watch it or read it because it was against religion. This was > also > posted on a chatboard and a lot of the parents based their whole decision > off of this one opinion - without having read it! And even though at the > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
