#Dataset Piracy
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>> There is not such thing as common sense when it comes
>> to censorship. It's an oxymoron to begin with.
I agree completely. From time to time, I hear about some self appointed
"protector" wanting to remove that immoral writer from school libraries whose
name is Mark Twain.
>>some self appointed "protector" wanting to remove that immoral writer from
school libraries…
That reminds me of the stories I heard not to long ago about some
groups wanting to remove "Little red riding hood" from school libraries because
the granny in the story drank too much wine… and they felt she was an
alchoholic and therefore an unappropriate character for a children's story.
When I first heard about that, I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry (I
laughed). It's scary that there are people out there who actually think that
way. Yeesh.
David
>>"Little red riding hood"
Do you recall, oh, I guess it'd have to be at least 10 yrs ago, a group that
managed to have 700 books removed from their libraries (can't recall whether
the libs. were school or not)? I can only recall two of the specific
justifications for two of the books; 'the three little pigs', when they danced
around the kettle after the wolf fell in, were actually promoting witchcraft
and a story in which a boy cooked based on instructions read from a cookbook by
a girl promoted role reversal. The other justifications seemed just as inane if
memory serves me correctly.
John Stetzer
JWS
PS I think I've just rembered the most idiot of the complaints. If memory
served me correctly, they wanted one of the books banned because it inspired
and advocated creative thinking!!!!
>> 'the three little pigs', when they danced around the kettle after the wolf
fell in, were actually promoting witchcraft…
I guess that means that "Hansel & Gretel" didn't stand a
chance. I don't remember that, but I'm glad I didn't hear about
it… makes me sad. 🙁
>>makes me sad. 🙁
Made me quite sick, as I recall.
John Stetzer
JWS