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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:34 pm
From what I gather, frank conversations about masturbation, foul language, questioning God, and talking about sexual abuse are what this book is banned for. Give everyone a guess as to why it was really banned.
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:35 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:23 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Let's not forget that the "sexually-charged" accusation wasn't the only objection that "some parents" made. They also stapled "mocked the Christian religion" to it.
Why should christians be mocked in schools any more than any other group in the country?
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:36 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:29 pm)Beccs Wrote: WHat's wrong with that? I mock Christianity every bloody day.
Nothing wrong with it. Beliefs that attract mockery deserve to be mocked. I just found it curious that we're being led by the nose - or worse - down the sex alley...
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:36 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:35 pm)Lek Wrote: (April 28, 2014 at 9:23 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Let's not forget that the "sexually-charged" accusation wasn't the only objection that "some parents" made. They also stapled "mocked the Christian religion" to it.
Why should christians be mocked in schools any more than any other group in the country?
Because they get off on it.
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:37 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:09 pm)Beccs Wrote: (April 28, 2014 at 7:31 pm)Lek Wrote: I know how sexually charged tenth graders are. That's even more good reason not to give them sexually charged literature.
Once again, this then requires the bible to be banned in schools
The bible is banned in schools.
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:38 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:35 pm)Lek Wrote: (April 28, 2014 at 9:23 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Let's not forget that the "sexually-charged" accusation wasn't the only objection that "some parents" made. They also stapled "mocked the Christian religion" to it.
Why should christians be mocked in schools any more than any other group in the country?
Depends what they term as mockery.
Some Christians scream persecution just because you refuse to give them preferential treatment to push their beliefs on everyone.
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:39 pm
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(April 28, 2014 at 9:35 pm)Lek Wrote: (April 28, 2014 at 9:23 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Let's not forget that the "sexually-charged" accusation wasn't the only objection that "some parents" made. They also stapled "mocked the Christian religion" to it.
Why should christians be mocked in schools any more than any other group in the country?
If the vast majority of religious people were of a different type, it would be them. The reason christianity is mocked more often than other religions is because it's by far the most popular one for people to follow. I, for instance, have much more to say about it than other religions because I was raised around it. Not because I dislike it more than other Abrahamic religions and such.
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:39 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:31 pm)Lek Wrote: Would you want the school to give them porn to read since they're going to read it anyway?
There's very little educational potential in porn, however, my point is that to simply censor any sort of sexual reference, as if kids don't always have the ability to look at sex if they want to, is simply silly.
Quote:Why should christians be mocked in schools any more than any other group in the country?
Why should they be mocked any less, is the point at issue here. You christians seem to think that any less that perfect rendition of your religion is persecution, but I'd point out that, if we were going to ban books for mocking other religions, your bible calls anyone of a different belief system fools, and calls for them to be killed.
Which is really more offensive, there? 
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:40 pm
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(April 28, 2014 at 9:37 pm)Lek Wrote: (April 28, 2014 at 9:09 pm)Beccs Wrote: Once again, this then requires the bible to be banned in schools
The bible is banned in schools.
No it fucking isn't, you despicable liar.
Edited to add: I still have the bible they gave me at my primary school.
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RE: Next They'll Be Wanting to Burn Them
April 28, 2014 at 9:40 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:37 pm)Lek Wrote: (April 28, 2014 at 9:09 pm)Beccs Wrote: Once again, this then requires the bible to be banned in schools
The bible is banned in schools.
No, it's not.
Anymore than prayer is banned in public schools.
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