tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post8772796965520954011..comments2022-11-12T06:19:52.363-05:00Comments on Rants from the Hormonally Challenged: Slaughterhouse-Five or The Censor's CrusadeLolamousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-4638456295009065362011-08-16T15:41:58.726-04:002011-08-16T15:41:58.726-04:00Truth Seeker: I do agree that there is a BIG diffe...Truth Seeker: I do agree that there is a BIG difference between curriculum and library. I would hope that the curriculum is a challenging, balanced, diverse collection of authors who spark kids to think beyond the books themselves about bigger ideas (yeah, right.) I find it sad that one person's complaints could get a book removed from the curriculum but outraged that it was removed from the library. As it has been a LONG time since I've read this one, I can't comment on the contents much except to say that as I remember it, it was more of an anti-war message. Of course, what one reads depends on whether the writing is taken literally or metaphorically, isolated or within context of the whole book, etc. We must also consider that even if it is on the curriculum, it is fiction. If Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is included in the curriculum, does that mean the school endorses population control by stoning people to death? It is a work meant to be discussed, argued, and thought about within the context of other fictional works read throughout the year.Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-50350156683795692552011-08-16T13:29:58.914-04:002011-08-16T13:29:58.914-04:00Actually, there's a difference between includi...Actually, there's a difference between including it in the curriculum and allowing it in the library. No one forces kids to read the books on the library shelves, but they do have to read the books in the curriculum. I've never read this particular book, so I have no opinion about it one way or the other, but I have a problem with forcing kids to read objectionable books. What we read does influence us, and the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. Forcing kids to read books that try to inculcate anti-religious principles (again, I have no idea if this book does) can be considered a violation of freedom of religion. Public schools are not only for atheists.Truth Seekernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-19741605830529304342011-08-14T00:34:46.482-04:002011-08-14T00:34:46.482-04:00I'd like to know exactly what "inappropri...I'd like to know exactly what "inappropriate content" is in Slaughterhouse Five that these people think is contrary to values found in the Bible. Valuing human life? Alien zoos? I think the Bible talks about both as good things. <br /><br />Anyway, while I abhor censorship, school boards across the country are doing much worse for education than banning a book, and they're getting very little criticism for it.Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-16815671368487128382011-08-14T00:32:21.214-04:002011-08-14T00:32:21.214-04:00"With the fact that these high school student..."With the fact that these high school students will be able to vote and enlist in the armed forces in a short time, if not now, but are not considered mature enough to handle the material in this book?":<br />i think people have got it in their heads that children are just innocent children until the magical age of 18 when they suddenly become thoughtful responsible adults. <br />and as i sit here thinking about this thought-provoking title, i cannot, for the life of me, figure out what the hell in it contradicts the bible.Corvus Venhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04159444855224152987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-21049558074427344712011-08-13T20:52:34.815-04:002011-08-13T20:52:34.815-04:00the main point here is this is public school, move...the main point here is this is public school, move your kids over to private if you don't like it, our kids have been in both(started in public, then to private, now back to public), and in the end it is the home not the school that nurtures the soul, banning books and forcing biblical thoughts down the throat, does not a Christian makeChristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433262472050607402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-26978350313499937982011-08-13T17:45:40.875-04:002011-08-13T17:45:40.875-04:00I've had just about all I can stand from bible...I've had just about all I can stand from bible people pushing their stupid-ass agenda on everybody else.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-71939143876561664252011-08-13T15:44:04.871-04:002011-08-13T15:44:04.871-04:00AMEN- You go girl.AMEN- You go girl.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920831144240024660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-1176796649162931242011-08-13T13:31:22.879-04:002011-08-13T13:31:22.879-04:00I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Like....why ...I'm shaking my head in disbelief!<br />Like....why not allow our kids til they are over 18 years of age to ONLY READ FAIRY TALES which end ....and they lived Happily Ever After. Then in a future century ...they can be led like lambs to slaughter. <br />It's called Indoctrination!My name WAS Female, I shit you not!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18261595799137622984noreply@blogger.com