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defrogAnyone got some Tylenol?
It’s just that I’ve been repeatedly beating my skull against the desk after seeing this:
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nebris ]: Menifee Union School District officials decide to pull Merriam Webster's 10th edition dictionary from all school shelves after a parent complained about an elementary school student finding the term "oral sex" in it.
I shouldn’t be surprised, I know. After all, it’s not the first time parents have wanted to ban dictionaries.
The thing is, I don’t really blame the one (1) person who flipped out over a word in the dictionary so much as I blame the school officials who instantly caved in to this person’s demand instead of coming up with a more appropriate and reasonable response.
Like, I dunno, something like: “Are you f***ing kidding me? It’s the f***ing dictionary. People don’t read them cover to cover. Get the f*** out of my office.”
Yes, I know, that’s asking a lot. I just wish, for once, when a school decides to pull a book, it was because the majority of parents complained and not just ONE F***ING PERSON. Christ, if that’s the criteria, I could organize a one-man campaign to have Donald Trump’s The Art Of The Deal removed from every library in America.
Anyway, the school board is now “reviewing” the decision. Here’s hoping some punk kid doesn’t go looking up “fruit bat”, or we'll never hear the end of it.
Putting the “dick” in “dictionary”,
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It’s just that I’ve been repeatedly beating my skull against the desk after seeing this:
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nebris ]: Menifee Union School District officials decide to pull Merriam Webster's 10th edition dictionary from all school shelves after a parent complained about an elementary school student finding the term "oral sex" in it.I shouldn’t be surprised, I know. After all, it’s not the first time parents have wanted to ban dictionaries.
The thing is, I don’t really blame the one (1) person who flipped out over a word in the dictionary so much as I blame the school officials who instantly caved in to this person’s demand instead of coming up with a more appropriate and reasonable response.
Like, I dunno, something like: “Are you f***ing kidding me? It’s the f***ing dictionary. People don’t read them cover to cover. Get the f*** out of my office.”
Yes, I know, that’s asking a lot. I just wish, for once, when a school decides to pull a book, it was because the majority of parents complained and not just ONE F***ING PERSON. Christ, if that’s the criteria, I could organize a one-man campaign to have Donald Trump’s The Art Of The Deal removed from every library in America.
Anyway, the school board is now “reviewing” the decision. Here’s hoping some punk kid doesn’t go looking up “fruit bat”, or we'll never hear the end of it.
Putting the “dick” in “dictionary”,
This is dF
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