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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 18:13:29 -0700
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On 8/7/2024 2:47 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <v90pgc$3clah$1@dont-email.me>, Titus G  <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> Utah has banned 13 books, including Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
>> which basically claims that large corporations are not to be trusted
>> with science.
>> I do not know any of the other authors but Sarah J. Maas writes Fantasy.
>> James Nichol will be delighted that women are being recognised with
>> twelve of the thirteen books being written by women.
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vQc_7uakPh4eRXrq0iVq-L2g-BwcnRWyfc7E0QOdrThoUEtPHQaDvJM4JwNFXV-HZQok4L-fDh_P9jt/pubhtml?pli=1
> 
> Once again: BS.
> 
> Utah has decided those books are inappropriate for state funded
> pre-college school libraries.  That is a choice the State Board of
> Education is entitled to make.
> 
> Any kids who want a copy can browbeat their parents into buying one,
> or find a copy in the adult section of a public library.

What makes you think kids are _allowed_ into the adult section of a 
public library in Utah?

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