Monday, February 19, 2007

Should've Said "Hoohaa"

In another sign of just how bad things have gotten in this country, there's now a controversy about the children's book, The Higher Power of Lucky, this year's winner of the Newberry Medal.

To wit:

The inclusion of the word [scrotum] has shocked some school librarians, who have pledged to ban the book from elementary schools, and reopened the debate over what constitutes acceptable content in children’s books.

I know the media like to cover (read: inflate) controversies, but reading about banning a book just for mentioning a body part -- right after "The Vagina Hoohaa Monologues" nonsense -- makes me think the terrorists are winning.

Oh, wait. They already have.

Well, saying that will probably be banned tomorrow, too. Let's just say that the hoohaas are having the last haha.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Try watching the original version of the Bad News Bears sometime. The version in which Coach Walter Matthau hands out beers to his team, including a young Tatum O'Neal.

I haven't seen the remake, but I'm willing to bet all references to beer, alcoholism, and jock straps (gotta see the original) are gone. And that the opposing team is made to look like young terrorists.

Anonymous said...

NYTimes reports that 3 girls were suspended for uttering the word "vagina" aloud. I'm so glad I don't live in Cross River, NY where tax dollars are going to go to defending the principal who forbade them to say the word.

To read the story, click
>here

bjkeefe said...

(bangs head on desk)

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