In deference to our OT-challenged members, I propose limiting forays out of
HPe-land to topics not quite so offensive....gun control, perhaps?
BTW, this list will Hammer To Death all manner of subject material, and I
don't think OT should be limited to any school of thought.
Al Karman
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US Freightways
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wyell Grunwald [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 2:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] e-commerce in hype-rdrive
Hey all,
I don't mind getting occasionally off-topic, but this Amazon book thing has
gone way off the deep end, especially to those of us who find these series
particularly offensive !
Wyell Grunwald
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>>> Doug Becker <[log in to unmask]> Monday, July 10, 2000 2:31:03 PM
>>>
And I want to assure you all that Beverley Becker, assistant director for
the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom
(http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin157.shtml) is NOT a
relative--at least as far as I know.
"Opponents of the Harry Potter series believe that anything that mentions a
witch or a magic spell is equated with evil, West said."
Soon, anything negative about management or large corporations will be
banned too, we assume.
As I understand it, some TEXTBOOKS should be banned because of gross,
blatant misinformation (history, science, etc).
>>> Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> 07/10 11:14 AM >>>
Jim writes:
> You just didn't try hard enough, Bruce. The other night on Fox News I saw
> some guy who was totally against the Harry Potter books. Something about
> wizards and witchcraft and wicca-type stuff. Actually, I think what he
was
> against was some public school teacher reading these books to his kid in
> school. Because witchcraft is a recognized religion, he thought this was
> just as bad as a public school teacher reading the Bible to his kid in
> school.
Actually, the Harry Potter books were put on the "challenged" list of the
American Library Association almost from the first. In some school
districts,
the books have now been taken off of the shelves and are distributed to
students only when permission slips have been signed by the parents, and in
other school districts, particularly in Kansas and Pennsylvania, the books
have been banned outrightly.
For more information, see:
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin157.shtml
The list of most commonly challenged books appears at the ALA's website:
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/top100bannedbooks.html
While I agree that some (perhaps much) of the material on the list is
completely unsuitable for young children and shouldn't appear in school
libraries, about a third of the top 100 is either innocuous or is literature
that should be read. The Harry Potter series is 48th most commonly banned
book (or at least has been attempted to be banned).
Worse, many of my favorite books rank even higher on this list.
Wirt Atmar
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