((parents should have the opportunity to choose to not allow their kid to read a book with it.))
Yeah…the parents. PLURAL. Not a parent. One out of how many parents didn’t like the book? Why should David Quimby get to decide what's best for the rest of the kids in class?
((a lot *think* they can handle it, a lot are still too immature to properly process the information.))
Hate to break it to you…but I read that book in eighth grade. Kids today are a lot more mature than you’re giving them credit for. Over Christmas, I had a conversation with my mom, aunt, 11 year old cousin (who actaully read that book last summer), and her 10 year old friend. That conversation got into topics like abortion and the death penalty. Are you telling me that they weren't mature enough to understand what they were talking about? Whether you believe it or not…kids are maturing a lot quicker than they were a decade ago.
Basically what you’re saying here is that because one man didn’t like what his kid was reading, the other kids shouldn’t get to read it either. That’s censorship...and well, we all know my views on censorship.
And if you think a book is bad…then you really haven’t watched television lately, have you?
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Date: 2006-02-22 06:03 pm (UTC)((parents should have the opportunity to choose to not allow their kid to read a book with it.))
Yeah…the parents. PLURAL. Not a parent. One out of how many parents didn’t like the book? Why should David Quimby get to decide what's best for the rest of the kids in class?
((a lot *think* they can handle it, a lot are still too immature to properly process the information.))
Hate to break it to you…but I read that book in eighth grade. Kids today are a lot more mature than you’re giving them credit for. Over Christmas, I had a conversation with my mom, aunt, 11 year old cousin (who actaully read that book last summer), and her 10 year old friend. That conversation got into topics like abortion and the death penalty. Are you telling me that they weren't mature enough to understand what they were talking about? Whether you believe it or not…kids are maturing a lot quicker than they were a decade ago.
Basically what you’re saying here is that because one man didn’t like what his kid was reading, the other kids shouldn’t get to read it either. That’s censorship...and well, we all know my views on censorship.
And if you think a book is bad…then you really haven’t watched television lately, have you?