tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post5556730358992345272..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: WSJ: "Finding Censorship Where There Is None"Loren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-74288184572208302232010-09-29T08:23:54.615-04:002010-09-29T08:23:54.615-04:00Loren, yeah, the guy's a schmoe, and I'm n...Loren, yeah, the guy's a schmoe, and I'm not sure he's read the books he's challenging but schmoes have a right to be schmoes. We have a right (and maybe as educated people a responsibility) to speak up and correct the record on the content of the books, advocate a wiser and more responsible approach, etc. -- but I don't think we need to flame the emotional bonfire by throwing the word censorship.<br /><br />(Which, as you said, also dilutes the meaning of the word for those situations in which it really is going on.)C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-52138966514140422012010-09-29T08:15:08.027-04:002010-09-29T08:15:08.027-04:00S.D.,
Me, too. Honestly, comparing a parent's...S.D.,<br /><br />Me, too. Honestly, comparing a parent's desire to remove Mark Twain from a public library with being caught with (oh, I dunno) any book of which the leadership of Tehran doesn't approve strikes me as a major misapprehension of reality.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-58767879986242723542010-09-29T08:13:12.489-04:002010-09-29T08:13:12.489-04:00Nevets,
No wonder that caused a firestorm. Any ti...Nevets,<br /><br />No wonder that caused a firestorm. Any time you start dealing with curricula, tempers are going to get heated. But you're right: Scroggins isn't advocating censorship at all.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-71568565019596746632010-09-28T14:24:40.370-04:002010-09-28T14:24:40.370-04:00Very well said, Loren.
This "banned books&q...Very well said, Loren. <br /><br />This "banned books" absurdity has been an irritant to me for years.S.D. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587104303593306093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-420217733627744582010-09-28T10:04:39.358-04:002010-09-28T10:04:39.358-04:00Sure thing! Here's the original Scroggins pos...Sure thing! Here's the original Scroggins post: http://bit.ly/99mAzh<br /><br />There has been a huge outcry on behalf of speak, much of which is gathered at http://speakloudly.org/<br /><br />Here is an example post: http://bit.ly/9a1JLbC. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-34206566965543998752010-09-28T09:33:55.746-04:002010-09-28T09:33:55.746-04:00Alas, I'm afraid I don't know a think abou...Alas, I'm afraid I don't know a think about Scroggins. Enlighten me, good sir!Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-88403286046730079522010-09-27T11:05:52.987-04:002010-09-27T11:05:52.987-04:00Loren, thanks for posting this. It's been on m...Loren, thanks for posting this. It's been on my mind ever since the Scroggins debacle. I think he came off as sounding incredibly ignorant and I disagree to some extent with virtually everything he said in his editorial. However misplaced and offensive his comments were, they did not amount to censorship, particularly since his call for parents to become more aware and involved in the books their schools are providing.<br /><br />My hope is that parents would respond to that call by saying, "Hey, Scroggy ol' pal ol' chum, we actually read those books and they're nothing like what you describe, so we think they stay."C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-72501044361018365712010-09-27T10:47:22.415-04:002010-09-27T10:47:22.415-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.com