Sunday, November 07, 2004

Warning - Parental Advisory

I've just spent the last few minutes reading something that has left me a bit slack-jawed. My wife spent a few years living in the Republic of Texas in the early-mid 90's and told me a lot of stuff about life in the Lone Star State. But nothing prepared me for this:

Free People Read Freely:
An Annual Report on Banned and Challenged Books in Texas, 2003-2004


Oh, this is depressing. It was the First Amendment and its possibilities that sealed the deal on me moving to the USA in 2000. It was the slow eroding of citizens' rights that saw me move back 2 1/2 years later. Read this and find out what Texan parents don't want their children to read.

Despair. That's what I felt.

4 comments:

jexebel said...

I know, I remeber being shocked years ago to find out that school boards still banned books. *shiver*

Pete said...

Are you kidding me!?! Man, Texas needs to get out of the dark ages. Now I see where Dubya gets it. There are some excellent books on that list. Banning books does not protect children, if that is what they think they are doing... The USA seems to be a very hypocritical society these days...

TC said...

Thanks for posting this. Unbelievable. Unbearable.

Ang said...

Doesn't surprise me. Not only for Texas to do this, but all of the South (and Middle America).