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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:21:40 -0700
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On 15 Aug 2024 00:13:27 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>And what /conceivable/ "context" could make, say, /Lady Chatterley's
>>Lover/ acceptable to 4th graders? Apart from putting it in the Adult
>>Section and keeping the kids confined to the Kiddie Section, of
>>course.
>
>I read it in fifth grade and I liked it personally.  I would never have
>read it, though, if it hadn't been locked up.  Sex stuff aside, it's a =
good
>story with interesting characters.

And when you turned it in, did you have

'a brief chat along the lines of... "did you enjoy the=20
book? Ah, great, if so, check out these guys some time"' ?=20

That is, was context (as defined by Scott Dorsey) provided?

Is there /any/ "context", other than being locked up, that would make
it appropriate to fifth graders?
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"