tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518518715357871239.post6919576098114020234..comments2023-12-22T22:32:10.668-08:00Comments on THE "C" WORD: Sex, Elephants, and the Taylors...Rob Bittnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16620557469358222306noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518518715357871239.post-92127302311351608102011-02-18T22:26:17.809-08:002011-02-18T22:26:17.809-08:00I understand the fact that you did not appreciate ...I understand the fact that you did not appreciate the book, but I feel that the description in the text is far from "x rated" as it was said. And I do appreciate that you are protecting your own children. I have no issue with that. I do, however, have an issue with others being deprived of their own perspectives and opinions on a text because it is simply removed and made to disappear from a classroom. I am not going to debate because I can see that we are of two different minds. Thank you for your comments, and I only hope that you will appreciate the perspective from which this blog is coming, namely that of freedom for readers to learn from texts; instead of keeping students in caves of innocence, YA titles and other texts in classrooms need to be allowed so that young people can come to their own conclusions as well, or they will not have the tools with which to read texts when they are older and do not have parental protectionRob Bittnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16620557469358222306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518518715357871239.post-13244245935383658842011-02-18T18:50:05.380-08:002011-02-18T18:50:05.380-08:00I wrote the above letter, though I did not sign it...I wrote the above letter, though I did not sign it. I hope that, in the spirit of fair debate, that all responders will use their real names, even if they choose to otherwise maintain their privacy. In objecting to this book, I have lost some of my personal privacy. It is a price I am willing to pay, however.<br /><br />Dennis TaylorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518518715357871239.post-62978073892108479472011-02-18T18:47:50.068-08:002011-02-18T18:47:50.068-08:00It was a scene depicting graphic oral sex that I r...It was a scene depicting graphic oral sex that I read aloud at the meeting. I might also have chosen a strip tease with tit-sucking and tit-twirling for effect. I was not on the agenda and only spoke during public comments. The book was pulled right before the meeting by the principal. He acted with his authority and thus, his move was part of the process, though not the one most commonly understood by Bedford citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com