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[Mornac]

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Dictionary banned from school classroom

An American school has banned a dictionary from classrooms. Now the Menifee Union School District is forming a committee to decide if the dictionaries should be allowed back, or permanently banned. Sounds crazy? Read on...

The dictionary - the much-respected Merriam-Webster's Collegiate version - was pulled from classrooms after a parent at Oak Meadows Elementary School complained. This was because a child had found the definition of "oral sex" in the book (I'd guess it's there along with a lot of other "bad" words).

The decision was made without consultation with the local school board, and parent reaction has been mixed, with some parents in favour, saying that the books shouldn't be in use for young children (aged 9/10).

http://timesonline.typepad.com/schoolgate/2010/01/dictionary-banned-from-school-classroom.html

[johnhp]

Mornac

Looks like you have abandoned your opposition to Jennings.

[Mornac]

How so?

[johnhp]

Read the story carefully Mr Horrified at the word oral sex.

[makesenseplease]

Read the story carefully Mr Horrified at the word oral sex.

http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Elementary-Dictionary-Merriam-Webster/dp/0877795754


Seems they could save money and satisfy the parents by using this version.

[johnhp]

Yeah, but the kids won't be forced to read the "dirty words" Mornac wants them to.  By criticizing this action by the schools Mornac wants the kids to learn about oral sex.

[Mornac]

Read the story carefully Mr Horrified at the word oral sex.

--I read it. It relates an incident of a government school banning a dictionary from a classroom. What’s it got to do with Mr. Fister?

[johnhp]

Sorry mornac you want that book in you are demanding kinds read about oral sex.

[Mornac]

Yeah, but the kids won't be forced to read the "dirty words" Mornac wants them to.

--You judge the words “oral sex” to be dirty? You’re more screwed up than I could have imagined. No wonder you jump to the defense of perverts like Jennings.

By criticizing this action by the schools Mornac wants the kids to learn about oral sex.

--You missed it. By criticizing this action by a government school, I am once again calling into question the reason for their existence.

[Mornac]

Sorry mornac you want that book in you are demanding kinds read about oral sex.

--Care to chew that up and spit it out again?

[johnhp]

Sorry Mornac.  You just want kids to learn oral sex.  Shame on you.

[Mornac]

Oh.

[johnhp]

Now you understand what it is like when people take tangential events and apply them directly to you.

[Mornac]

[Massena12]

It's  strange...people were clamoring for me to make my board like this one instead this board became more like mine.....lol

It's like joke about the parrot at the local beer joint was taken to church one Sunday..he's looks around and says "same old crowd but different bartender".