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parents want 'Of Mice and Men' banned from high schools - "too dark", "too darn much cussing" [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2015 OP

What! Have these idiots listened to how young people talk? onecaliberal May 2015 #1

"Banned" books would have instantly gone on my "to read" list. Action_Patrol May 2015 #2

I read "Of Mice and Men" when I was in sixth grade. Buzz Clik May 2015 #3

The BFD was that it was an amazing book. Throd May 2015 #10

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #20

Coeur d'Alene Press article on the local proposal jmowreader May 2015 #4

genius d_r May 2015 #5

no better way to get a kid to read a book than tell them they can't rurallib May 2015 #6

I couldn't stop thinking about Of Mice & Men after reading it. Inkfreak May 2015 #28

Heaven forbid kids read something "negative". Fuck those assholes. cyberswede May 2015 #7

Well we all know the Depression was a jolly good ol' time nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #8

"...tell the story without the x-rated material." SMC22307 May 2015 #9

Wow. Just. Wow alphafemale May 2015 #11

I was 16 when my parents FORBID me to see The Exorsist. Lochloosa May 2015 #12

it breaks my heart mariuma May 2015 #13

What are your specific concerns regarding Kite Runner? LanternWaste May 2015 #19

I read "Of Mice and Men" in high school. Terra Alta May 2015 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words May 2015 #15

I think I've read everything by Steinbeck except 'Travels With Charley' panader0 May 2015 #16

I think they just hate Spirochete May 2015 #17

How much you want to bet that Hobo May 2015 #18

The odds are so high that not even Vegas will make book on that bet. hifiguy May 2015 #21

Headline is a lie oberliner May 2015 #22

Oh won't somebody please think of the children???? Initech May 2015 #23

I guess the raft of "Huckleberry Finn" complaints was getting old. Eleanors38 May 2015 #24

Fine. Have them read The Grapes of Wrath instead n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #25

Tell them No, it's simple AuntPatsy May 2015 #26

Probably home schoolers that don't even have kids in the schools. n/t betterdemsonly May 2015 #27

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