What the fuck. That's incredibly disrespectful on so many levels.

Well, its not really banned, just... edited.
Aren't alot of books about sex? And aren't alot of them filled with delicious delicious subtext of less than straight? (Wasn't Brave New World really sexy or something? I heard that but never read it.)

Besides, how could like, find it in you to go up and bitch about a holocaust diary? I mean, you just kinda shut up and read while your soul dies.

Look at the bright side.
Now that its banned, kids probably want to read it. Before, they were probably like FUCKING HOMEWORK.

allegoriest wrote:

(Wasn't Brave New World really sexy or something? I heard that but never read it.)

Brave New World is full of sexual themes, but has a broader scope regarding the future. I had to read it for my British Literature class in high school. I highly recommend it, though it helps to have a slight working knowledge of Othello as well. There was a made for tv movie of Brave New World that made me want to die inside.

On the topic of Anne Frank's Diary, you are probably right. There are now some kids who probably want to read the banned edition to see what the big deal is. What I think is funny and what these parents dont seem to understand is that their own children have less than pure thoughts and feelings. I bet if they read their own children's diaries they'd be shocked, and probably want to get those banned as well.

Last edited by Alithea (01-29-2010 04:58:04 PM)

I, for one, definitely remember the hot, pre-teen lesbian scene in the diary.

Here goes:

     (in the previous paragraphs, she’s talking about periods)…
     Sis Heyster also writes that girls of this age don’t feel quite certain of themselves, and discover that they themselves are individuals with ideas, thoughts, and habits. After I came here, when I was just fourteen, I began to think about myself sooner than most girls, and to know that I am a “person.” Sometimes, when I lie in bad at night, I have a terrible desire to feel my breasts and to listen to the quiet rhythmic beat of my heart.
     I already had these kinds of feelings subconsciously before I came here, because I remember that once when I slept with a girl friend I had a strong desire to kiss her, and that I did do so. I could not help being terribly inquisitive over her body, for she had always kept it hidden from me. I asked her whether, as proof of our friendship, we should feel one another’s breasts, but she refused. I go into ecstasies every time I see the naked figure of a woman, such as Venus, for example. It strikes me as so wonderful and exquisite that I have difficulty in stopping the tears rolling down my cheeks.
If only I had a girl friend!

Yours, Anne

Who wouldn’t want to protect the children from such filthy smut! =/
I give that ban a week, tops. Thanks for the info! I'm writing a pissed off letter NOW!

I couldn't relate to it but it really made me tear up, it was beautiful. It shows the insecurities and feelings of an innocent child...

I do have to say that the book is still available in the school's library but I'm just upset that one woman's ignorance has changed an entire school's curriculum. How is it not disrespectful to Anne Frank's memory to feel the book should be taken out of the curriculum because it has "homosexual" passages? I'm guessing the whole "Jewish being rounded up to be killed" is no big deal to the woman who complained? And it's especially stupid when it's just an innocent girl's insecurities. We get the old edition which is great, but shouldn't Anne's entire story be shared? The person who complained is just so fucking full of herself it's almost funny.

I'm pretty sure if the students can handle the horrors of Nazi torment on Anne and her family, they can deal with a little girl wondering what the hell is going on with her new feelings.

I feel very strongly about honoring the memory of the dead and the memory of the Jewish who suffered under Nazi rule. This really makes me sick. I don't mean to come across as sensational but this is a matter I care for.

Last edited by chrisb (01-29-2010 09:45:07 PM)

Fahrenheit 451's real message was about television, according to Bradbury, but I still see red whenever people censor it.  Or most books, for that matter.

When I was in middle school, they changed the curriculum of the Honors English 7 class to not read the Tempest, since Caliban attempts to rape Miranda.  And yet two years later, we read the mess of sex jokes and hormones that is Romeo and Juliet?

It's a sad world where thirteen-year-olds aren't allowed to read a 14-year-old's genuine feelings and thoughts.

Also, what parents don't understand, is that by age 13, most kids have already seen pornography. If the only exposure they get to sexually oriented material is porn, that's going to warp their sexuality a lot more than a few passages in a 14-year-old's diary.

It's stupid to ban books anyway. If the theme is too adult, the kids aren't going to understand what it means, and just fill it in with what they think it means anyway. Like when I watched Pretty Woman as a youngin'. I thought the condoms she was giving out at the begenning(ish) were paper clips, and when they were having sex on the piano, they just wanted to know if they could play the piano with her butt. (Then, obviously, Richard Geer thought she was pretty, and wanted to kiss her, but she didn't like him back yet.)
And by the time they read Anne Frank's diary, they've probably been exposed to a lot more than homosexual themes anyway. Parents are stupid.

If Anne Frank is censored, why hasn't anyone censored the Bible yet? Incest, bigamy, and throwing rocks at people...

A real...downer. *speechless*

This is one of those times when I have to laugh to avoid smashing my head against a wall.

Book no longer "banned": http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co … 7.html?g=0

The system works

And apparently I should not have called the complaint person a bitch, she didn't ask for it to be removed, she didn't want her daughter to read it out loud... my bad lady

Last edited by chrisb (02-01-2010 10:16:19 PM)

butbutbut...Anne Frank! Everyone reads her diary! It hasn't corrupted the youth of the world yet.

And seriously with censorship in general: most newspapers have far less 'wholesome' content than these parents would like to have their kids see. And have they ever heard of this thing called the internet?

Le sigh.