Dictionary Banned in some Southern California Schools.

[PurpLemons]

We should just split California into two states. Northern and Southern California have completely different ideals. It'll make governing the damn thing a heck of a whole lot easier.

 

[Evilsanta]

Even if it's a old news...Are people really this stupid?

All these news about stupid people has to be some kind of conspiracy or something because i cant belive that this can happen.

 

[RyuSanada]

What.

Banning materials isn't the way to raise a kid. Proper instruction and explanation works much better and is more reasonable. (and if your kid is looking up the definition of oral sex in a dictionary, you're already falling behind)

Hmm, so that one vote for let the parents do their fucking job.

Seriously, I think if parents actually 'raised' their children right then there would be no issues with banning things. I read the Dictionary as a kid. Hell when I got in trouble, I had to write every word and definition in a random section of it (always hoped for X though). I also played M-Rated games on the Sega (Mortal Combat), and I haven't gone off burning people's face's with acid (Reptile is one of my favorite fighters xD). Hell, I even remember buying Alien on VHS, a Rated R movie, with no parent when I was a kid. It honestly shows that parents are more willing to sit kids in front the 'virtual babysitter' instead of teaching them. Then only get offend after they realize what they bought/showed little Timmy wasn't something he could handle. [/rant]

A.D.H.D. kinda led me off topic, but still on the plus side California is one good earthquake from shaking off the continental US, then we can declare it its own nation to help save some face.

Unfortunately, it's more likely that they'll infest the rest of the United States after their own land becomes uninhabitable. You should instead hope that legislation is passed that says if you live in an earthquake zone, and you know you live in an earthquake zone, you have to stay there after an earthquake. No moving.

Just shows the idiocy of those people...they actually live where a natural disaster will happen.

Sadly...you have point. These are the same idiots that build their houses in the forest, then can't do a logical control burn..then wonders why there is a state wide (I wish) fire. I'd like to see a law passed that kept those that lived in a natural disaster area there. After all, everyone should know by now; fire bad.

 

[Lexodus]

GET TO THE CHOPPER!
Seriously, any sane So Cal-ers are pretty much fucked by now.

We should just split California into two states. Northern and Southern California have completely different ideals. It'll make governing the damn thing a heck of a whole lot easier.

Seems to me that 'Southern" anything in the US is pretty much a bad idea. Except southern-fried chicken :3

 

[Canid117]

Since when was California worse than Texas?

 

[Lexodus]

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.

You're right, we've got to stand up against these close-minded parents and reinstate both the Dictionary and the Bible in public schools around the world! It's time to eliminate hypocrisy and return the Bible to its rightful place, in the minds of children in public schools.

I realize the intention of this comment, but we also place every single religious text known to modern man in those schools as well. We can't have bias towards religion now, of course!

Really? I never got a copy of the Koran growing up, nor the Talmud. OR are you saying we *should* place them there? And what about the Atheist holy book? Seems to me that'd be a lot more popular to study... (^^)

 

[Saboten]

Hurray, more stuff to tease the US members of The Escapist about.

Hey, I'm from Idaho, and as far as I'm concerned California is a different country altogether, lol.

Let's see... my biggest face palm moment was when I asked a friend if the game he was playing was an rpg and he told me it was rated t.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Banning the dictionary in a world of dictionary.com and wikipedia.

In other breaking news, the school has also banned morse code and smoke signals after catching a child with a cellphone. "damn kids, communicating with each other, we need to stamp this out!"

Rumours that the school bus is to be replaced with a horse and cart are not confirmed.

Plus, if I'd looked up oral sex when I was of the age to not know about it, I'd have been totally grossed out, even kissing a girl was something eww at that age, and surely that's exactly what these people want, for more children to grow up disgusted by the idea of a normal loving sex life.

 

[Kejui]

Since when was California worse than Texas?

I don't think it's a "California is worse than Texas thing." It seems to be that the south of the U.S. has gone completely, bat shit insane.

We should just split California into two states. Northern and Southern California have completely different ideals. It'll make governing the damn thing a heck of a whole lot easier.

Why not just halve the U.S. Those that want to live in the other half have to pass a psychological evaluation, and then find a trading partner (someone who wants to move to your half) for housing (to be fair). Seems like a good step, to me.

 

[One of Many]

Can we please blast California off of the United States?

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

California?

Well. That's just par for the course.

Zing!

OT: Why are parents so dumb?

 

[Ithera]

Overzealous "parenting" in action. They claim they need to protect the children from the dictionaries? I claim the children need protection from the parents.

 

[TheBlueRabbit]

Sometimes you just want to hit 'em with a stick and say "NO"

 

[Owlslayer]

Wait, what?
This....does not make sense, like, in so many levels...
Schools banning dictionaries.
Dammit, the US used to be a nice place. This is just ridiculous. I mean, what the fuck is going on in Southern California ??? Last time i checked, STUDENTS were the people who needed dictionaries the most. I mean, Jesus, what's wrong with those parents who made the complaint?
Aah, this is stupid, why am i getting all angry about this?

 

[ShadowsofHope]

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.

You're right, we've got to stand up against these close-minded parents and reinstate both the Dictionary and the Bible in public schools around the world! It's time to eliminate hypocrisy and return the Bible to its rightful place, in the minds of children in public schools.

I realize the intention of this comment, but we also place every single religious text known to modern man in those schools as well. We can't have bias towards religion now, of course!

Really? I never got a copy of the Koran growing up, nor the Talmud. OR are you saying we *should* place them there? And what about the Atheist holy book? Seems to me that'd be a lot more popular to study... (^^)

Yes, that should have been a should there as well. You got me before I could subtly edit that, darn you! ;P

 

[ShadowsofHope]

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.

You're right, we've got to stand up against these close-minded parents and reinstate both the Dictionary and the Bible in public schools around the world! It's time to eliminate hypocrisy and return the Bible to its rightful place, in the minds of children in public schools.

I realize the intention of this comment, but we also place every single religious text known to modern man in those schools as well. We can't have bias towards religion now, of course!

Tell that to the parents of students I had that complained to school administrators that I was "preaching non-Christian ideals." I taught a WORLD LITERATURE class and part of that was reading the book Siddhartha (basically Buddhist in message). Prior to the book, I was to do a research paper project and chose the topic of RELIGIONS OF EAST ASIA.

Long story short, because of complaints, the assignment became RELIGIONS OF EAST ASIA AND CHRISTIANITY...I still assigned the kids that belonged to those parents religions that were not related to Christianity.

The overtly religious parents can be dicks like that, yeah. I've had the same thing happen in a Catholic school setting.

 

[Tanis]

Wait...I thought Cali was a huge liberal state?

What gives?

 

[Flamma Man]

...

They...

I don't even know what to say. They're so incredible idiotic that they banned the use of the Dictionary in Schools over one word?

That's...just...

 

[silver wolf009]

Hurray, more stuff to tease the US members of The Escapist about.

Sadly, I agree with you even though it is a jab at myself. This kind of stupidity overtakes any sense of national pride I felt.

OT: The fact that some people hate things exclusivly because their fear mongering parents brought them up to hate those things.

*FACEPALM*