02-09-2013, 07:48 PM
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You guys trying to deny our kids the joys of Mistress Rand?! 
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02-09-2013, 08:57 PM
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I can loan you my Classics Illustrated version, if you need some pix.  |
That's an idea! Maybe I could finish it up that way.
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02-09-2013, 11:27 PM
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I tried to read The Brothers Karamazov. The story is basically a who dunnit. But by the time I got halfway through I didn't care who dunnit. I did see the movie, but all I remember is Maria Schell. I don't remember who dunnit.
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02-10-2013, 03:14 AM
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Is this same Idaho that banned "Like Water for Chocolate" due to sexual content?
Someone's in for a surprise.
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02-10-2013, 11:57 AM
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In reading the article it's apparent the bill sponsor was just trying to make a point about the legislature setting graduation requirements, and has no intention of pushing the bill. However, some 60 colleges and universities do teach that book as a condition for getting grant money from a banker named Allison.
Having said that I think the books chosen for students to read should, in part, develop a love for reading. I'm not sure that book will create such a love, not because of its content, but because as others have said, it's tiring to most.
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02-10-2013, 12:22 PM
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For uplifting sexual content they could assign the Bible, but that would be a violation of the first amendment. But teachers could slyly suggest that they read it at home, starting with Ezekiel's story of the two lewd sisters.
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02-10-2013, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by cocodrilo
I didn't know there was rough sex in Atlas Shrugged. I'm not going to read the whole thing. Can someone just give me the page numbers?
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This.
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02-10-2013, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by HALLGATOR
On a separate note I have been reading the unabridged version of Les Misérables for years and I'm still not through it. Every once in awhile I'll pick it up and read some more then put it back down. It is on my bucket list to finish up though.
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