Dictionaries pulled from California school district because of naughty words.

Jan 27, 2010 18:50

So I worked up a rant in my Facebook comments based off this article: http://is.gd/7aHWnRead more... )

politics, rant

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sir_sapphire January 28 2010, 03:35:22 UTC
Kids don't need any help in learning naughty words, and I at least would much rather they use them PROPERLY rather than sounding like the poor kids have tourettes or something.
Hey, I have a nutty idea, why don't we cenor the bible while we're at it too.

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aryll January 28 2010, 09:02:09 UTC
I don't think Nessie and I can be friends anymore.

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sir_sapphire January 28 2010, 15:50:06 UTC
Don't be ridiculous, Nessie and I have had far worse disagreements and we're still friends. You don't stop being friends with someone because you have different principles, you stop being friends with someone because they fucked your sister, or drove a car into the wall of your work.

See, as for me I don't give a damn, the parents and school can do whatever they want and it's not going to change the fact that those kids are still going to find "dirty" words to snicker at all over.

Is the whole thing ridiculous? Hell yes. Is it news? No.

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aryll January 28 2010, 18:45:18 UTC
This is why I never fucked your sister. That wall thing is tempting, though.

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sir_sapphire January 28 2010, 19:20:52 UTC
You could never land my sister anyway she had higher standards.

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aryll January 28 2010, 21:16:04 UTC
You and your logic.

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skagmire January 28 2010, 17:43:11 UTC
I wouldn't let something like this end a friendship. I would just try and sweep this topic under the rug.

I'm actually a little surprised by how you are reacting to all of this. I've always known you to have an open mind... people make odd decisions when it comes to their children. I've been told that once you have kids you stop living you life for yourself and you start living your life for your children. Most parents will do anything (good or bad) for their kids if they think it will be good for the kids.

Surely you understand that most parents don't want their children running around saying any of George Carlin's list of dirty words... and I'm sure most of them (if not all) are in a standard dictionary.

Children are like sponges, they suck in everything (good and bad)

Just my two cents. And yes I do agree with you but at the same time I can understand Nessies stance.

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aryll January 28 2010, 18:45:00 UTC
I understand not wanting your child to run around swearing, yes. I think this is the most asinine and ineffective way of doing it, since it does absolutely nothing to change that.

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skagmire January 28 2010, 19:32:16 UTC
It is small but mostly ineffective way of preventing it... it is more of a way to delay it (even if the delay is only for as long as a google search takes ( ... )

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aryll January 28 2010, 21:17:04 UTC
Next time I'm out there for Pennsic I'll try and swing by.

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skagmire January 28 2010, 21:21:30 UTC
That's all I get from that post... weak sauce

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aryll January 29 2010, 00:11:20 UTC
I can get you in touch with some decent trolls if you want, they can maybe train you.

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skagmire January 29 2010, 16:18:12 UTC
I could never be a troll, I have a full time job.

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