You are probably right Cindy. I had a friend whose mother would toss away any books she found "undesirable". Some of my books ended-up in the garbage can. Yes, this lady knew they were my books, but she did not care. She felt these books should not be in print and if she saw them, they went into the garbage. Needless to say, I stopped going to that house.
Maithe----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 1:34 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
I'm quite sure that Harry Potter is banned because some people don't like books that contain wizards or magic. I haven't read the list but I'm assuming the Tokien books are on it. I had a student whose mother would not let him use a ouija board that I had brought in for kids to play with during lunch (those who preferred staying in the room to going outside). My kids loved it, especially playing with it on sleep-overs. I was wondering why A Wrinkle in Time was on the list. Cindy --- Karen Lewellen <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:laughter, I am just reporting what the motives were. You are assuming of course that those doing the banning actually read the books. I dare say none of those who have put the Harry Potter series on that list have actually dared to read it! Far too great a risk of being corrupted by quality literature. Karen On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > Hmmmmm, and they complain about the prevalence of children born out of > wedlock? Well, if teens don't know that certain body parts exist and what > their functions are, then how l'deuce are they going to make decisions about > safe sex? Now, I'm not advocating fornication for its own sake, but for kids > who are tempted, the surest defense is knowledge, the intellectual kind. > > Karen, yes, you can have adults who are stilted because of the lack of > education while growing up. Man, Snow White, living with seven men out of > wedlock??? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!! The implication from the > tale is that humans don't consort with dwarves, and they were using her as a > housekeeper, not for anything else. As one of my friends would say, "Lord > love a duck!" > > <chuckling> Didn't want the kids to know they could congregate in groups > legally, eh? Didn't want them to know they have the legal right to petition > the local and federal legislature, eh? Well, fine, they want a repressive > regeme, more power to 'em, but it'll backfire, sure as I'm writing this > message. > > Ann P. >> -- > Ann K. Parsons> Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.portaltutoring.info > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxPut the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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