Ban the Banners, I say... They're a crock and a waste of O2 and precious minerals and real estate....

People spend way too much time analyzing such trivial crap. Oh the 10 commandments cant be... the menora cant be... that promotes this... this has that word... this is too... promotes witchcraft. PAH!!!

Must be nice to be stupid and rich like Tipper Gore to have so much time to waste. Unless my nekkid butt is posted on billboard signs for children to see... they should all just shut the @#^$ up

Book banners and burners (and too some degree some other people whom want stuff banned and censored) and should be given the same treatment like those poor souls in Salem... and dont even get me started on the 'cruel and unusual punishment' rant...

A parent should decide period. Just my .02
love ya

'WICA for Dummies' or 'Forbidden Fruit' or 'How to Hex for Dummies' would be promoting witchcraft

[ 10-03-2006, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: Shawn ]

book bans at a public school....sounds almost UN-american

I guess I didn't completely reply....

I am anti book banning. I agree that monitoring a collection is important, especially in a k-8 school. I do believe that there is a level of trust between schools and parents. Many parents feel that it is the school's job to provide appropriate reading and curriclum materials. I agree to a point, but it all falls into a huge gray area when the debate for defining 'appropriate' comes up.

Like tlch, I feel like it's my and my husband's job to monitor our son's activities.

I have such issues with banning any book!

I understand the demands on parents these days - you have to monitor music, TV, movies, books, even their friends. I have a fifth grader who reads at an 8th grade level - so it's MY job (not the schools, random p(@*&*ed off parents or even the school boards job to guide her reading. Please! do you thing I want to spend my little free time reading or researching her books. Not really - but guess what? I'm her mom and it MY JOB and my responsibility!

Where does it stop? Banning is never the solution - parental monitoring, involvement is.

hey Lucella, i hope that district that is trying to ban harry potter, is not one where CP is allowed/practiced!
sometimes scools focus on the most strangest of details to placate a vocal select minority that find objection, while letting other issues that mght affect the majority, alone.

censoring/removing books in school libraries is not a solution.

parenting (knowing what yuor kid is reading and helping them to understand difficult or controvesial content) is.

better they get an explanation (and one that suits the PARENT) from home rather than be confused about difficult book material and be left to their own imaganation or discussion w peers.