im going out to a unity day festival here in leeds now so peace and love y'all
byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
and listen to this, all. To Kill a Mocking Bird was also banned for a short time, as was Kipling (because of his poem "Take up the White Man's Burden").
Oh, I remember the Moonie Man, Col.
What about the Moonies?
And-- it still is in the top 10 objected against books, too. I find that really depressing to know.
oh america
what happened to freedom????
here drom the moonie news is all from this guy
http://gorenfeld.net/blog/
O, western world; not just America... our political and legal systems is far more crooked..
And thanks for the URL
Right. Read 'em and weep:
Challenged books that will be read from:
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou was challenged as "pornographic" in a Texas school district and temporarily banned in Columbus, Miss., for being "sexually explicit."
"Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain was challenged in schools in both Texas and Georgia for "racism and offensive language."
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger was challenged in school systems in Wisconsin, California and New Hampshire for "offensive language, sexual content, occultism and violence."
"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck was challenged in Arizona and Georgia schools, and removed from schools in Tennessee for "offensive language, racism and violence."
"Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson was challenged in Pennsylvania public schools for "Satanism and violence."
"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker was challenged in California and banned from schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia as "X-rated smut."
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle was challenged in Florida and Alabama for "undermining religious beliefs" and using the name of Jesus Christ among a list of those defending the earth against evil.
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison has been challenged for having "sexual themes, offensive language and racial themes."
"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes was banned by Plant City, Fla., Emporium, Pa., and schools in Arkansas, Ohio and Wyoming because of "sexual themes."
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee was challenged or temporarily banned in Minnesota, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Arizona as a "dangerous book because of profanity and undermining race relations."
"A Light in the Attic" by Shel Silverstein was challenged 1993 in a Florida school for "promoting disrespect, horror and violence," or, according to the publisher, "encouraging children to break dishes so they won't have to dry them."
"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley was challenged in schools in California because it centered around "negative activity" and removed from schools in Missouri.
"Native Son" by Richard Wright was removed from several school districts in New Jersey as recently as 1995 for being "dangerous, explicit and dishonest."
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding was challenged in Nebraska for implying that "man is little more than an animal."
"Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut has been "banned by almost everyone at some point in its publication" on charges of "sexual content, violence and offensive language." It was even burned in Drake, N.D., in 1973.
"The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende has been challenged for "sexual themes and offensive language."
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood was removed from schools in Massachusetts for "profanity and sex."
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling has been banned from classrooms for fear that the books "will encourage children to experiment with the occult
Hey, Virginia wasn't among them.
Who said that, drom. I've seen it before.
Oscar Wilde said it, Letty. I wish that they would understand it when letting their own prejudices stop young adults' learning...
Thanks, drom. Politics--Politics--all is politics.
OK wait a minute: I logged off like I guess 4 hours ago or so. Now I'm back, to find this thread grown from ehm 6 posts to ... well a lot more! You people are fast with posting I tell ya! :wink:
Letty: was I really bad mouthing America? :wink: In that case: I'm sorry ... but come on: Klingon??
No problem, Letty, any time. You know, I can think of at least fifty people on these boards who would do a better job of running countries...
Just kiddin' ya, Rick.
Drom, I do believe that Col and Rick might do a great job. We wimmins in the U.S ain't ready yet. We would rather be drunk than president..
Seriously, Henry Clay once told Tsar Reed (then speaker of the house):
"I'd rather be right than president!"
To which the Tsar retorted:
"There's not much chance of your being either."
Love it. Even the great compromiser was speechless.
I know your kidding
(That was what I hoped :wink: )
That's a great retort.
O, Letty, you would be a perfect supreme court judge, I find. Rick would do well too, if he became more Klingonitically-correct.
Does it count that I have two friends who are kind of obsessed by Star Trek? (I don't know whether they have the BEAUTIFUL ability to speak the BEAUTIFUL language of Klingon though) (...)
Ah, you have proven yourself enough for me. I hereby authorise you to take over San Marino, dressed as a penguin.
It's a sacred right.
