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Toronto library asked to shelve Dr. Seuss' 'Hop on Pop' because it promotes violence
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| April 29, 2014
| Evan Bleier
Posted on 04/30/2014 6:22:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
The “complainant” needs to be exposed and publicly shamed.
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:24:17 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: JoeProBono
Those who wish to ban books for moronic reasons... they are the ones who promote my violent thoughts...
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:24:23 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: MrB
Absolutely.
My kids still like to Hop on Pop.
I'll enjoy it while it lasts, or until they get too big and I don't want them to anymore. :-)
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:26:17 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: Teacher317
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:27:17 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
THIS might be the moron complaint of the month. S/he needs a life, doncha think?
To: wbill
What is it about sitting on the floor that is translated into an invitation to tackle me?
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:30:05 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: JoeProBono
I have this book at least partially memorized - at some point it says “stop, you must not hop on pop” therefore teaching children to mind and have respect for their elders.
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:31:02 AM PDT
by
ozarkgirl
To: JoeProBono
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Words to live by.
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:39:38 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: ozarkgirl
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:43:36 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: PowderMonkey
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:47:45 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Gone With the Wind, Fahrenheit 451, James and the Giant Peach, and To Kill a Mockingbird have been banned by schools for being socially offensive.
Jaws was banned by a school for having too much sexual contact.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was banned by the Texas Board of Education in 2010, because its author, Bill Martin, Jr. was a marxist; problem is, Bill Martin, Jr., the marxist author, isn't Bill Martin, Jr., the children's book author.
Charlotte's Web was banned in a school district in Kansas because two talking animals must be the work of the devil.
Merrimack, NH, schools, pulled Twelfth Night, by Bill Shakespeare. Girl washes ashore after a shipwreck, disguises herself as a page, and falls in love with her male master. Cross-dressing, faux same-sex romance violated school district's "prohibition of alternative lifestyle instruction."
Most recently, in Meridian, Idaho, when the school district banned "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," students complained, and the publisher sent 350 free copies to be distributed to students. When students tried to distribute them for free in a city park, one of the 'ban the book' fathers called the police.
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:50:51 AM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(I'd rather be at Philmont)
To: JoeProBono
Despite the complaint, the library opted to retain the book in the children's collection. Good. It's always one malcontent who ruins things for everybody. Someone needs to stand up and tell these complainers to go pound sand.
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:06:50 AM PDT
by
Cymbaline
("Allahu Akbar": Arabic for "Nothing To See Here" - Mark Steyn)
To: Scoutmaster
“”The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,””
I read on another thread that Elizabeth Warren was writing a book. Now it seems she’s already written it.
I’m so confused!
To: Scoutmaster
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:11:57 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: Cymbaline
Someone needs to stand up and tell these complainers to go pound sand. ....I call them members of Our Lady of the Perpetually Offended.
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:19:08 AM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: JoeProBono
Hey Canucks,.......EAT ME,
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:48:39 AM PDT
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:51:49 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:01:13 AM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(As long as America's tolerence of failure is not overwhelmed by a desire to succeed, we will fail.)
To: JoeProBono
Why is it that someone who is able to work out the correct procedure for challenging a book in the public library system, is incapable of grasping the meaning of a children’s book written almost entirely in monosyllables?
“It’s so sad how they hopped on Pop.” - Homer Simpson
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