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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:30:52 +1200
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On 8/08/24 16:00, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <v91f99$3lt0p$2@dont-email.me>, Titus G  <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On 8/08/24 14:57, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>> In article <v91654$3gcfg$2@dont-email.me>,
>>> Dimensional Traveler  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> On 8/7/2024 6:07 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> On 8/7/2024 6:23 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>>>> ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:
>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What right does any state have to do that?
>>>>>
>>>>> The same as you, their money, their choices.
>>>>>
>>>> You mean, "their money, their imposing their choices on everyone else".
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's how public education works.
>>
>> The ban also applies to Charter Schools.
> 
> Which are public education.

I know nothing about US charter schools but in Aotearoa they now have
freedom from public school rules and curriculum.