Dictionary Banned in some Southern California Schools.

[BrownGaijin]

Wait a second, this was back in January... and it was the parent's were ***** slapped a couple of days later (well not really but the book came back when a group of parents and teachers responded with WTF?)

Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/27/local/la-me-dictionary27-2010jan27

 

[0p3rati0n]

Can we just blame California for everything now?

 

[13lackfriday]

Dumb stoners down there hardly ever read it anyways.

 

[mastermerrick]

Again, SoCal forces me to bring out this stamp:

Seriously, it's a freakin' dictionary. One of the basic staples of an effective English class.

 

[direkiller]

Too long to quote but i did read it

http://overlawyered.com/2006/09/the-burglar-and-the-skylight-another-debunking-that-isnt/

it dose happen

 

[Hatchet90]

We should really make people stop having kids for like 15 years, then there wouldn't be anything to complain about. Except possibly, "Won't someone think of the unborn children?!"

 

[Hatchet90]

Double post, sorry!

 

[KeyMaster45]

California?

Well. That's just par for the course.

Really? It sounds more like something we'd hear about coming from...Kansas or the southern states. Actually kinda glad this time an ignorant idea sprang up in the land of hippies and terminators; I was starting to get tired of constantly apologizing for my region of origin.

 

[Varanfan9]

Silly parents. Don't you realize that knowing is half the battle.
But year in all seriousness this is stupid beyond belief. So happy I live in one of the sensible US states.

 

[Callate]

The dictionary's online definition of the term is "oral stimulation of the genitals". "It's hard to sit and read the dictionary, but we'll be looking to find other things of a graphic nature," district spokeswoman Betti Cadmus told the paper.

Uh, guys?... If you know the words "oral" and "sex" can go together, you've probably already realized as much as what that so-called "graphic" definition explains. It's not like the listed definition is using words like "throbbing", "turgid", and "moist".

And unless elementary school has changed significantly since I was in it, most of those fourth- and fifth- graders you're protecting from the scandalous ribaldry of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary could probably give you definitions of most of the common vulgar four-letter words that would turn your hair white and your underwear inside out.

 

[Scarecrow]

This can not be real. Please tell me it's not real. Please?

 

[Kejui]

i think im going to start a petition to ban the ability to ban things. or to have mandatory IQ tests that if you fail results in immediate castration so these kinds of people can finally just die out.

nobody tell them that there's a dictionary on the internet, or they'll ban that next.

Doesn't a ban on bans result in the universe exploding or something?

 

[Bloodstain]

Next they will be burning books!

 

[IronyIsGood]

If I remember correctly the Bible contains violence, murder, rape, incest and pedophilia among it's pages.
I would say something about hypocrisy but I think it's obvious.

 

[Kejui]

It wasn't the dictionary that was banned, it was a dictionary that was banned. I wish people would quite using "the" for dictionary unless they are referring to a specific one. There is no such thing as "the dictionary," unless you mean that dictionary, right there...you know, the one right, yeah, no, yeah, that dictionary...right there! It's like saying "the cat" with the meaning of "all types/forms of cat."

-snip-

This story is like 9 months old.

It was published in January.

Yeah, it is nine months old. Also, two days later, the ban was lifted:

Banned dictionary to return to Riverside County school [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/27/local/la-me-dictionary27-2010jan27]

It was Webster's 10th Collegiate Edition Dictionary that was banned, it's not as if they had zero access to any dictionary at all...just that one. That's why the shouldn't be used.

I'm not advocating and still think banning a dictionary is an act of idiocy. The part that killed me was:

"Students will take permission slips home and parents who don't want them to use Webster's 10th Collegiate Edition can opt for alternative dictionaries."

Good thing I don't currently work in the American educational system (though, it seems a likely thing in the future).

 

[The King of Rock and Roll]

Because most people couldn't figure out what oral sex is from either the Clinton presidency or you know, context.

Oral sex.

Oral (mouth) sex (intercourse)

Woah it's like combining the two.

 

[Wintermoot]

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?!?! so now WORDS are harming kids?!?!

 

[Feste the Jester]

That the American Legal system lets a robber sue the owners of a home if they slip and fall and hurt themselves, because there is no railing (they can sue enough to get bail, and yes, it can happen)
http://pic.phyrefile.com/n/na/narf/2010/06/14/facepalm.jpg
The ultimate face palm

actually that is a myth that started when states decided to have tort reform, Ive never found evidence of that actually happening and Ive looked, its one of those stories that is designed to foster distrust of the legal system and generally make it harder to sue, which is both good and bad

It has happened. There was a case where a robber got stuck in the owner's house and had to live of cat food and soda for a week. He made a successful lawsuit against the family.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Banning the dictionary is only going to drive the kids to the internet

Spoiler: and by extension to this guy:

So they're making the situation worse? Way to think ahead California! *facepalm*

OT: Some of the legal processes in Canada make me angry. For one thing a murderer should get live sentences stacked if he has committed multiple murders.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

I am not surprised in the slightest California is the one doing this, given current events.

Just.. what the fuck? Why..?

Edit: It doesn't even matter how long ago it was. It is still fucking unbelievable to just be considered in this modern era, especially in the educational field (disregarding the loons that make up most of Texas' educational board, that is).