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Thu Oct-05-06 05:12 PM
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| 67. Smart open minded people are tougher to brain wash. |
| -High School Removes *Display* of Banned Books! (For Banned Book week) |
villager |
Oct-04-06 12:55 PM |
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yep wouldn't want those kids reading |
proud2Blib |
Oct-04-06 12:57 PM |
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One way to get kids to read |
LiberalFighter |
Oct-04-06 04:25 PM |
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And I'm glad you ended your post where you did |
lastliberalintexas |
Oct-05-06 10:38 AM |
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That's real smart....tell a teen not to do something......they will |
MadMaddie |
Oct-04-06 12:58 PM |
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Yep, virtually guaranteeing |
supernova |
Oct-04-06 01:00 PM |
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So now it's not just what books you read but |
YankeyMCC |
Oct-04-06 01:06 PM |
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you're asking for a "rendition," buster! |
villager |
Oct-04-06 06:24 PM |
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Hey, why stop there? Why not burn the damned things?! |
no_hypocrisy |
Oct-04-06 01:06 PM |
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Start with Fahrenheit 411 |
mongo |
Oct-04-06 01:42 PM |
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I have yet to understand why they want Mark Twain's books banned |
noonwitch |
Oct-04-06 01:11 PM |
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Black groups have often demanded Twains books be banned. |
patcox2 |
Oct-04-06 01:13 PM |
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Essay: Is Huck Finn a Racist Book? |
OKIsItJustMe |
Oct-04-06 01:33 PM |
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Huck decides he'd rather go to hell than turn Jim in. |
patcox2 |
Oct-05-06 08:44 AM |
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Why ban Mark Twain? |
OKIsItJustMe |
Oct-04-06 01:17 PM |
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N-word usage, usually. |
Hand |
Oct-04-06 01:19 PM |
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I thought it was the homo erotic themes in Finn |
sakabatou |
Oct-04-06 02:46 PM |
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"Come back to de raf', Huck honey!" |
Hand |
Oct-04-06 03:41 PM |
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My kids hated "Catcher in the Rye" |
hedgehog |
Oct-04-06 03:48 PM |
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I didn't like Catcher in the Rye either |
tammywammy |
Oct-04-06 05:10 PM |
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I read it at 17 and loved it |
Ishoutandscream2 |
Oct-05-06 10:05 AM |
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Very Sickening... The Dumbing Down of America continues... |
Stand and Fight |
Oct-04-06 01:15 PM |
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You are probably right. |
conscious evolution |
Oct-04-06 08:32 PM |
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You mean "Liberty Camps", don't you comrade? |
Shipwack |
Oct-05-06 08:02 AM |
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Ah No, Comrade.... |
Stand and Fight |
Oct-05-06 08:17 PM |
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Better dump DARE and other anti-drug programs as well! |
Ezlivin |
Oct-04-06 01:24 PM |
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Actually, I did recently read that a higher proportion of DARE |
NCevilDUer |
Oct-04-06 01:56 PM |
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I'm curious to know who performed that study |
Neurotica |
Oct-04-06 04:05 PM |
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Nope |
ProfessorGAC |
Oct-05-06 08:06 AM |
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well, to be fair |
northzax |
Oct-05-06 02:52 PM |
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A librarian encourages students to read books and makes the news. |
baldguy |
Oct-04-06 01:28 PM |
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These people want to control access to ideas |
Neurotica |
Oct-04-06 01:39 PM |
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The ability to write complete sentences seems to be a skill |
achtung_circus |
Oct-04-06 06:49 PM |
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the irony overwhelms me |
dwickham |
Oct-04-06 02:02 PM |
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Good grief. |
skypilot |
Oct-04-06 02:11 PM |
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I think people are missing the point... |
sutz12 |
Oct-04-06 02:31 PM |
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The People Must Not Know What Has Been Banned |
JPZenger |
Oct-04-06 02:44 PM |
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If they ban a book, then why not let everyone know why it's banned? |
Canuckistanian |
Oct-04-06 11:40 PM |
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If I recall correctly, "Diary..." was banned because... |
Shipwack |
Oct-05-06 07:59 AM |
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My irony meter just fucking exploded...Can I borrow someone's? |
NOLADEM |
Oct-04-06 03:27 PM |
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We have an irony meter rebuilding shop but we're a year behind |
karlrschneider |
Oct-04-06 03:57 PM |
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Good business to be in |
NOLADEM |
Oct-04-06 04:50 PM |
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Sorry, but they've banned the irony meter repair manual. n/t |
Shakespeare |
Oct-04-06 04:54 PM |
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Harrisonburg, VA -- what George Allen calls his "base" |
theHandpuppet |
Oct-04-06 04:02 PM |
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Great... |
CGrantt57 |
Oct-04-06 04:22 PM |
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The perfect response to this would be for some enterprising student to |
kgfnally |
Oct-04-06 04:38 PM |
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more of the mentality of "if we can't control ourselves. nobody else |
leQ |
Oct-04-06 05:19 PM |
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So the Superintendent banned the banned books? |
KansDem |
Oct-04-06 08:24 PM |
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"Banned Books That Were Re-Banned Due To The Controversy ... |
Lisa |
Oct-04-06 08:58 PM |
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We used to do massive displays for Banned Book Week. |
davsand |
Oct-04-06 09:36 PM |
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I have read every book on that list |
hobbit709 |
Oct-05-06 07:22 AM |
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Waiter to restaurant patron: |
Kierkegaard |
Oct-05-06 07:51 AM |
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Another motivation might be to keep authority from looking stupid... |
Shipwack |
Oct-05-06 08:09 AM |
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100 most banned books of 1990-2001 |
AllegroRondo |
Oct-05-06 08:18 AM |
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Certain versions of the Bible have been challenged. |
davsand |
Oct-05-06 10:01 AM |
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That doesnt surprize me |
AllegroRondo |
Oct-05-06 10:37 AM |
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My mom remembers reading Grapes of Wrath |
Kber |
Oct-05-06 09:27 AM |
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Ironically, |
mahatmakanejeeves |
Oct-05-06 09:31 AM |
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To carry on the analogy, MLK birthday - shoot a Black civil rights leader |
TheBaldyMan |
Oct-05-06 10:00 AM |
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You guys are always quick to jump - why not try reading the article first |
mconvente |
Oct-05-06 10:30 AM |
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I believe it's a convenient excuse... |
Neurotica |
Oct-05-06 10:50 AM |
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Apologies, but that's bullshit reasoning. |
StrongbadTehAwesome |
Oct-05-06 11:05 AM |
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Plus the entire point of "Banned Book week" is to get you interested |
villager |
Oct-05-06 11:37 AM |
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Exactly. This is an issue of power, and the savvy kids know it. |
CLW |
Oct-05-06 02:44 PM |
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I think reading a book and knowing it's been banned |
XemaSab |
Oct-05-06 11:06 AM |
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Who cares WHY they read them? Just get the little bastards reading!!! |
truebrit71 |
Oct-05-06 01:20 PM |
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If they weren't important, they wouldn't be controversial |
sandnsea |
Oct-05-06 05:23 PM |
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What Did He Say? |
Demeter |
Oct-05-06 01:15 PM |
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Some years ago; |
greiner3 |
Oct-05-06 04:14 PM |
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Smart open minded people are tougher to brain wash. |
sarcasmo |
Oct-05-06 05:12 PM |
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and it's time to mop up the last islands of resistance to the Big Lie(s).. |
villager |
Oct-05-06 05:39 PM |
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