Saturday, February 05, 2005

I Hate Colorado Nazis

Book burning is alive and well in Norwood, Colorado:
It wasn't a band of angry students who destroyed about two dozen copies of
"Bless Me, Ultima," a novel selected for a Norwood High School English class -
it was a group of parents. Norwood School Superintendent Bob Conder confiscated
the books and released them to parents to be burned or otherwise purged.

Conder said that he removed the books based on complaints by parents,
complaints that were made "mainly" about the language. The book, which is used
in high school level curricula all over the country, contains profanity; it also
deals with cultural and religious issues.

"Filthy language," said Conder of the profanity. "I'm not going
to repeat the language. Our job is to protect kids from things that aren't good
for kids."

Lovely.

Thanks to Orcinus for his vigilant site specializing in eliminationist rhetoric from the right.

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