Nice post. Thanks.

DD is doing To Kill a Mockingbird in school - I've been waiting for this because it's my favorite fiction book.

And yes - 'that' word comes up - I asked her and she said they just skip it. I can get behind that - - I just dont' like scrubbing it because to be - it is heinous and instead of scrubbing it, learn from it. I always used to value that saying - "I dont like what you say, but I fight for your right to say it" - sadly, be it the N Word, a burning American Flag, or a Deity(usually the same one) being desecrated tests that.


In the end - like Spiderman's uncle used to say - with great power comes great responsibility. Sure, we have the right to say stuff nd express stuff - I just wish so many of us didn't want to use that to make others uncomfortable - many times with NO upside nor reason.

It's everyone's decision. Me? Sort of old school. I have ZEEEEERO problems with political incorrectness. Be it gender jokes, gay jokes, especially racial jokes -- - oh man I've heard them, told them, been the target of them, vice-versa. Back in the day in my school bus it was the united nations - and the stuff we 7th grade boys said to each other....white, Indian, Chaldean (catholic Iraqi), Jewish -- oh man people would faint today. But it was NEVER to hurt someone - it was a joke and frankly - if people joked about it not with intent to hurt -but intent to relax, get the shoulders down - and just be humans together I feel this little mud ball of ours would be a smidge happier.

Back to the book bans. Funny part is - when people try to ban a book they attract MORE attention to it. People who never heard of it might check it out then.