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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont have a position on this, but I think a primary point missing from this discussion is that[b] teachers cannot show excerpts from the movie without parental notice[/b] and like subject matter is prohibited via the Internet on school computers, but these same restrictions are ignored in written material.  [/quote]

But you can opt out from reading the book.  Same thing.[/quote]

The wording was that someone could opt out if they found the book offensive - as in - they have to actually read it first - to figure out if it is offensive (this is how I read the article, it could be much different in reality)..  Plus, for movies, the school has to give notice.  With books, it sounds like they just hand them out without warning about the material.  I'm not saying I support this mom, but I also never read the book.  But I do wonder if there is a real need to read a book about beastility and gang rape.  I wouldn't go as far as banning the book, but I don't really see why the teachers feel the need to include it as a lesson.  I mean, we all are questioning why there is so much violence in the world.  And yet there are two pages of people saying its ridiculous that a teenager isn't already desensitized toward gang rape and beastiality.  Maybe we should be applauding the fact that at least one child made it that far in life without thinking "oh heck, gang rape happens."

But I also have a young child - hard for me to imagine him as a teen.

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