Oy vey....

[conuly]

"Filthy language," said Conder of the profanity. "I'm not going to repeat the language. Our job is to protect kids from things that aren't good for kids."

Repeat after me: Nobody was ever harmed for hearing or reading profanity. Nobody. And by the 9th grade, there's very little in the way of profanity that your kid hasn't heard yet.

This is very nicely summed up here:

When did we have to start saying these things? "Book burnings aren't right." "Torture is bad." "The accused deserve trials." "You can't spend more than you earn." "Borrowing is not earning." "Wars suck." "It's called Social Security because it's supposed to be *more* secure than the stock market."

*sighs* Well, I can always move to Antarctica, live with the penguins, study their folkways. Bet they don't burn books.

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Although my children have adult bookcards, and I dont censor them from a lot of things, I do believe that parents should have, as a group, input into the education of their minor children.

Having said that, they should do the right thing, and be involved from the beginning at a grassroots level.

Get on the board, talk to teachers, get into local politics. Don't burn books like a bunch of psychos!

Maybe this is why we should have school vouchers, let these people send their kids to schools that are more to their liking. (I'd do that with vouchers, thats for sure.)