Thread: Missouri public school bans Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse Five'.
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Old 07-28-2011, 01:07 PM   #129
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Yeah, there's nothing quite like a fundie upraising to make you realize that parents do NOT always know best for their teenagers.

I didn't have it as badly as your friend, but the list of banned books in our household was quite long. I'm certain I would NOT have been allowed to read Harry Potter or anything similar. Promotion of magic in books leads children to Satanism, dontcha know.

I rather imagine anything criticizing war, the government, etc. would also have been right out.

I actually know a guy at work who doesn't let his teenagers read Harry Potter. I suspect they spend a lot of time "researching" at the library.
I find that funny, because the christian allegories are pretty obvious at times. The biggest one being the final part of the 7th book.
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I mean, Harry sacrificing himself to protect others, and then being resurrected?
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