Originally Posted By Dabob2 I don't think Tom was, sd. I think maybe he misread "please stop" as a call to liberals to please stop trying to ban books, rather than as you intended it, "please stop" peddling the fable that they are. At least I hope so. Tom?
Originally Posted By TomSawyer My bad - I thought the post was from a different person and was implying that the liberals weren't going to stop trying to ban books. I shall slink away now.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Thanks for the sleuthing, swampdog. I expressed my suspicions about this story in post #8. What you found makes complete sense to me.
Originally Posted By Shooba I read some of the Narnia books in grade four. Didn't have a clue at the time of any religious content. In retrospect, they were used by a teacher who did introduce religion into the classroom (in the form of the lord's prayer every day). This guy happened to be the worst teacher I ever had, and I'm talking about ALL levels of schooling. In retrospect, he could have been a bad teacher who was only there so he could push his religious beliefs on others. In retrospect it is a bad thing that he was able to use these books, so I can see the case for banning them. It allows an unscrupulous teacher to sneak religion into the classroom via a back door route. But by the same token, most literature has different levels of meaning and commentary. Reading the Narnia books in school had no effect on me in terms of any religious beliefs/preferences. Mostly because I was too young to understand. If you ban the Narnia books, what other books would need to be banned because they convey a political or other opinion?
