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Daithi · 08-12-2011, 04:03 PM

I personally am fine with removing the book from a reading list. Educators shouldn't be in the position of recommending kids read books that they know will justifiably offend members of their community. The only problem is that "justifiably" is pretty darn hard to pin down. Do you ban The Crucible because it makes Christians look like nuts? How about Uncle Tom's Cabin or Huckleberry Finn because they contain the "N" word, even though the books are about fighting racism? Or how about books like Slaughterhouse Five? How about books that teach Intelligent Design? Should these decisions be in the hands of local school boards?

BTW, here's an interesting article on the Danites (related to the incident Doyle was writing about). I had no idea Mormonism had these links. It seems like a far cry from the Mormons I know today.

08-12-2011, 04:03 PM	#19
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I personally am fine with removing the book from a reading list. Educators shouldn't be in the position of recommending kids read books that they know will justifiably offend members of their community. The only problem is that "justifiably" is pretty darn hard to pin down. Do you ban The Crucible because it makes Christians look like nuts? How about Uncle Tom's Cabin or Huckleberry Finn because they contain the "N" word, even though the books are about fighting racism? Or how about books like Slaughterhouse Five? How about books that teach Intelligent Design? Should these decisions be in the hands of local school boards? BTW, here's an interesting article on the Danites (related to the incident Doyle was writing about). I had no idea Mormonism had these links. It seems like a far cry from the Mormons I know today.