"Uh, "The Botany of Desire"? Where the most salacious thing is the sex life of plants?"
That's the one that gets me. Why ban that? Admittedly the section on apples reveals Johnnie Chapman (aka Johnny Appleseed) to be a combination land baron and paedophile, but all it does is mention Chapman's attempts to marry underage girls -- nothing graphic.
The other possibility is the section on marijhuana turned her off, but that was not salacious, either. I found it fascinating.
I know. It's the mention of McDonald's potatoes.
That's the one that gets me. Why ban that? Admittedly the section on apples reveals Johnnie Chapman (aka Johnny Appleseed) to be a combination land baron and paedophile, but all it does is mention Chapman's attempts to marry underage girls -- nothing graphic.
The other possibility is the section on marijhuana turned her off, but that was not salacious, either. I found it fascinating.
I know. It's the mention of McDonald's potatoes.
Maybe the likening of bees to “flying penises”? Maybe it's corrupting to know that bees spread pollen so promiscuously? Or that she thinks teenagers will decide that if plants do it, it's OK for them?