It's the American Library Association's Banned Books Week again, that time of year when we celebrate literacy's fight against the censorious prigs who make it their business to make sure that children and even adults are protected from BAD BOOKS. Not badly-written books, of course -- those are doing
Since a certain group is into banning certain books because they are some how offended, can I request that The Learning Channel (i.e., a true oxymoron) please create a TV series explaining the perils of home schooling starring Honey Boo Boo? I would join a carnival as the elephant crap cleaner rather than live within 100 miles of that onclave.
If you look at previous years&#039; lists, <i>Brave New World</i> is included. Ricky probably objected to the mention of sex and (shock, horror) contraception.
Books don&#039;t kill people. People kill people.
The most dangerous book? The book that exists solely in one&#039;s fevered imagination.
Turn off the TV - and READ A FUCKING BOOK.
Since a certain group is into banning certain books because they are some how offended, can I request that The Learning Channel (i.e., a true oxymoron) please create a TV series explaining the perils of home schooling starring Honey Boo Boo? I would join a carnival as the elephant crap cleaner rather than live within 100 miles of that onclave.
Again with the deleting. It&#039;s just me you don&#039;t like isn&#039;t? Sniff
If you look at previous years&#039; lists, <i>Brave New World</i> is included. Ricky probably objected to the mention of sex and (shock, horror) contraception.