Speaking Up for SPEAK

[rj_anderson]

I don't normally get involved in censorship debates, because more often than not I haven't read the works in question, have no desire to read the works in question (not because I am pre-convinced that they are evil, but because they are based on a premise or deal with subject matter that doesn't interest me), and don't have the time to investigate

Comments

[karenhealey]

ILU RJ.

[rj_anderson]

<3

[sartorias]

Well said.

[izhilzha]

What the...?

Some people are crazy. I don't even understand how someone could slap that label on this book, at all. Wow.

Well said, RJ.

[patty1943]

I think that idiot is planning a run for office. He would certainly fit in as a liar and an idiot.
You can read his entire insane rant at http://www.boarddocs.com/mo/republic/Board.nsf/ab6bd8d56fbee98a8725731b0060c686/ea8aaefc50a6f9a387257727007d2776/$FILE/School%20Board%20Presentation%20%28Scroggins%29.pdf.
Hope things are well with you.

From Nichole

[patty1943]

Ok, I haven't read it yet, but you have me convinced. It's a shame that parents today slap labels half-hazardly over some books. I have a friend whose parents let her read Twilight, but who won't let her read LOTR because they say it's evil.

Don't they get it? "Don't judge a book by it's cover" means not to judge a book by its dust flap either.

Of course, maybe I'm wrong here, and I have not read the book... but if they can put something on a book like that, then they can certainly slap labels on "House" and "Monster" and the Circle Trilogy... all considered good christian books. And I LOVE those books!

Come on people!

[scionofgrace]

I have not read Speak, but I agree with your sentiments wholeheartedly. (In fact, by the sound of it, I'd be more worried about the reader being scarred than titillated, but that's rectified by doing such revolutionary things as knowing your children and discussing it afterward.)

And you left out the Song of Solomon. Which could be legitimately labeled as porn, and is still in the Bible. :-)