All of a sudden , in my opinion, some politically correct @#$% decides he and other mindless followers are going to try and get my provincial board of education to ban books, some I've read when I went to high school. Among the list is To Kill a Mockingbird, which I read in Grade 10 and is still among my favorite books or all time, In the Heat of the Night , and The Learning Tree (ah it was okay but nothing to write home about). All three books do deal on some level with racism but I don't see any reason to ban any of these books, I don't know if anyone else agree's with me

It seems like to me, in the 80's when i was in highschool, most our books leaned toward racist topics like the books above , now in the new millenium they want to turn 180 degree's.

Originally posted by Caligula

It seems like to me, in the 80's when i was in highschool, most our books leaned toward racist topics like the books above , now in the new millenium they want to turn 180 degree's.

There was a Very Special Episode (TM) of "Family Ties" (a two-parter in fact!) about Huck Finn being banned from school, so this was not unknown in the '80s.

Are you kidding me? I read "To Kill A Mockingbird" in 7th grade for school and I re-read it recently over spring break...nothing I would find objectionable at all! :mad:

they claim there is some objectable language that may make certain people uncomfortable.

I found "To kill a Mocking Bird" very boring, but not offensive.

Once again it's a case of Political Correctness gone mad. All though I must say, this sort of silly book banning has been going on for years. I know a lot of schools that banned "Biggles" books because of a few silly people who said they were racist and sexist. It didn't matter that they were historically accurate and very educational when it came to geography, history and politics.

It is a shame that they are removing To kill a mockingbird from the curriculum. It is a great book and so many children will be robbed for the chance to read it when it is not part of their education anymore.

Originally posted by Recker
I found "To kill a Mocking Bird" very boring, but not offensive.




Recker maybe it would have been a little more interesting for you, if Harper Lee had Yoda play Scout Finch and Boo Radley had a light saber


:D

Your community wants to ban the book "In The Heat Of The Night"?

Get Mr. Tibbs on their ass NOW!

Book Banning Bites!

Sincerely,

John "THEY CALL ME MR. OUTOFPLACECHILD" Kilduff

Originally posted by Caligula
Recker maybe it would have been a little more interesting for you, if Harper Lee had Yoda play Scout Finch and Boo Radley had a light saber
:D

Nah nah, my complaint was there were no big battle scenes involving droids and aliens. :argh:

:lol:

:lol: :laugh: That was funny, Recker and Caligula. The sad part is that there are people out there with that mentality. The pop mentality and political correctness is ruining the educational systems. Not just here, but in Europe as well. Too sad.