The perfect book protest story

Infocult loves stories like this.  A parent is upset because their child has been asked to read a book that has offensive language.  The Texas school allowed the kid and a friend to read an alternate book instead. 

Alton Verm, of Conroe, objects to the language and content in the book. His 15-year-old daughter Diana, a CCHS sophomore, came to him Sept. 21 with her reservations about reading the book because of its language.

"The book had a bunch of very bad language in it," Diana Verm said. "It shouldn't be in there because it's offending people. ... If they can't find a book that uses clean words, they shouldn't have a book at all."

But which book was it?

Alton Verm filed a "Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Materials" Thursday with the district regarding "Fahrenheit 451," written by Ray Bradbury and published in 1953. He wants the district to remove the book from the curriculum.

He looked through the book and found the following things wrong with the book: discussion of being drunk, smoking cigarettes, violence, "dirty talk," references to the Bible and using God's name in vain. He said the book's material goes against their religions beliefs.

Better still, for Bradbury fans:

"It's just all kinds of filth," said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read "Fahrenheit 451." "The words don't need to be brought out in class. I want to get the book taken out of the class."

The reader is referred to Bradbury's "Usher II," which appears in several collections, including later editions of Martian Chronicles.

Irony is dead?  No, irony is neither dead nor alive, but something like a vampire or zombie, always getting killed, then coming back from the dead...

Comments

[christine]

How about Old Testament, son? Now THAT´S filth!

[Aurel]

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[Lhealyne]

Too much fiction? If I rbmemeer right, you like the Lord of the Rings movies I know Van Helsing doesn't compare to the Lord of the Rings, but they are both VERY fictional!