a bit late to be commenting on the whole hullaballoo but i was offended by this book in a way that i didn’t hear anybody else bring up. the fact that the author refers to the dog’s scrotum means that the dog was not fixed. what irresponsible pet ownership! seriously!
Well, keep in mind what passes for a liberry in the Deep South: A coupla worn and dog-eared copies of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, a subscription to Guns & Ammo magazine, and every single version of the King James bible ever issued. It’s not that they were offended; they couldn’t find the shelfspace.
rom a conversation with my friend Jenny on the implications of library censorship…
July 11th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Shouldn’t that be scrota, dearie?
July 11th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
a bit late to be commenting on the whole hullaballoo but i was offended by this book in a way that i didn’t hear anybody else bring up. the fact that the author refers to the dog’s scrotum means that the dog was not fixed. what irresponsible pet ownership! seriously!
July 12th, 2007 at 8:26 am
You *need* a lot of balls to be a librarian these days — and clearly those Deep South softies need more, not less. (Fewer?)
July 18th, 2007 at 10:45 am
and what was the name of this oh-so-evil book?
I’m guessing it wasn’t “Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia”… though that would make for some hilarious illustrations.
July 20th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Well, keep in mind what passes for a liberry in the Deep South: A coupla worn and dog-eared copies of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, a subscription to Guns & Ammo magazine, and every single version of the King James bible ever issued. It’s not that they were offended; they couldn’t find the shelfspace.