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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: Senator Bedfellow
Non-Fiction Books from The Bell Curve to Freakonomics should never be banned. Any attempt to do so is Intellectual fascism, sometimes committed by the Left and sometimes by the Right.
To: Borges
Meanwhile on the subjects of Banned Books (which is an oxymoron btw), nobody seems to havenoticed that in the great USA there is only ONE banned book from the taxpayers funded library. (wait for it)
And the name of the book is of course: The Holy Bible
The reason cited if you choose to speak to the librarian will be "Seperation of Church and State".
Meanwhile copies of the mormon bible and the koran are freely available upon request.
To: Borges
Wha tis it about freedom people hate? Don't read the books if you don't like them. Banning is never an answer to anything.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:28:41 PM PDT
by
bfree
(PC is BS)
To: Borges
Child abuse.You're just saying that because you share the modernist obsession with plot, characters and good writing. Pamela is a great novel, plus it tells an important moral lesson -- when your boss is trying to rape you, you should resist as long as possible in order to preserve your honor. Then marry him.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:29:21 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: H. Paul Pressler IV
Non-Fiction Books from The Bell Curve to Freakonomics should never be banned Really? No high school has a right to remove any non-fiction book from it's curriculum?
To: ModerateGOOPer
What good has learning science ever done for a society?
To: H. Paul Pressler IV
Non-Fiction Books from The Bell Curve to Freakonomics should never be bannedMuch as some on FR might wish it not be so, The Bell Curve is fiction.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:30:14 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Borges
Based on some of the high school students I have met recently, I would say that it is more important to get them to read books, any books, than to spend so much time criticizing certain books that may be in school libraries.
To: bfree
And does the phrase "required reading" make your option (Don't read the books if you don't like them.) a plausible choice for the 15-17 year olds in the high school classes, which btw, have mandatory attendance and truancy laws attached to them?
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:31:36 PM PDT
by
L,TOWM
(Liberals, The Other White Meat)
To: Borges
Over a century old and they're still complaining?Does the age have something to due with the suitablity?
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:32:06 PM PDT
by
Protagoras
("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
To: bfree
Don't read the books if you don't like them. She wants them removed from classroom use, i.e, not ASSIGNED. The kids don't have a choice to not read the books. I agree with the earlier poster (forget who): as a school board member, reviewing the books assigned for reading is exactly what she's supposed to be doing. Good for her. I wonder how many of the other board members read any of them?
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:32:17 PM PDT
by
nina0113
To: bfree
This isn't about "banning" books. It's about a school board member doing her job deciding what is appropriate for kids to read.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:32:43 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: AppyPappy
Prove it.This reads like a Danielle Steele novel...
Your neck is like the tower of David built with rows of stones on which are hung a thousand shields... ... Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle which feed among the lilies... ... Your lips, my bride, drip honey, Honey and milk are under your tongue...And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Your belly is like a heap of wheat...
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:32:56 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: wideminded
that may be in school libraries. This story is about a board member from one high school who objects to classroom usage of several books. That is, required reading and study of selected books.
Surely a board member has a right to voice an opinion about removing certain books from required reading in favor of more quality material.
To: Alter Kaker
Not even close.
Song of Solomon eats Steele for breakfast.
That's good stuff.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:34:19 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: Senator Bedfellow
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. This is not a library. It is a reading list put out by the school district.
I oppose censorship. This isn't it.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:34:37 PM PDT
by
Protagoras
("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
To: Alter Kaker
Yeah. Very graphic. Maybe JimRob should pull it because it is so offensive.
Geez...
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:35:44 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Skooz
What is inappropriate about Freakonomics or The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World?
To: Borges
Somebody just like this councilwoman banned Huck Finn, and more importantly, The Little Engine That Could. So where do we redraw the line that was made the day Larry Flynt won and we all lost?
To: nina0113
I wonder how many of the other board members read any of them?
She hasn't either...
Leslie Pinney admits she only read passages of the controversial selections
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:37:00 PM PDT
by
Borges
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