tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post3975978864117214250..comments2023-08-11T06:56:09.226-04:00Comments on Bites: ALA's Top 10 List of Blatant American StoopidityDonna (Bites)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-90440561652376622842010-05-05T21:07:50.176-04:002010-05-05T21:07:50.176-04:00Yeah, you can't help but just shake your head....Yeah, you can't help but just shake your head. I mean, why not read the book so you have a valid opinion of it instead of basing your ignorant opinion off of seven other people's ignorant opinions about what a book is?Donna (Bites)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12585421704517898076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-40206490992109779972010-05-05T18:14:59.217-04:002010-05-05T18:14:59.217-04:00And Catcher in the Rye? I mean, c'mon. I love ...And Catcher in the Rye? I mean, c'mon. I love that book but "unsuited to age group"? I'm a teacher and I hear kids complain that it's too hard and waaay boring. Maybe that's what they mean? In that case, I can think of a few other classics that should be on this list for causing widespread narcolepsy!Mrs. DeRapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412356257110198452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-32107723406063709902010-05-05T12:52:32.944-04:002010-05-05T12:52:32.944-04:00p.s. Sorry. I get a little soap-boxy about banned/...p.s. Sorry. I get a little soap-boxy about banned/challenged books.JESSJORDANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915521022827231804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-11432026481946218202010-05-05T12:51:07.555-04:002010-05-05T12:51:07.555-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.JESSJORDANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915521022827231804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-87330536514979602162010-05-05T12:50:40.224-04:002010-05-05T12:50:40.224-04:00Twilight makes me laugh every time I see it on thi...Twilight makes me laugh every time I see it on this list. Sexually explicit? Pffft ... If My Little Pony is sexually explicit. And religious viewpoint? WTF? If you're going to challenge this one, challenge it for a legitimate reason.<br /><br />And My Sister's Keeper? WTH? Is it b/c of the depressing-as-shit ending (that the movie totally got wrong)? B/c otherwise, I just don't get it. Oh no, wait ... there might've been a mild sex scene. My. Bad. <br /><br />The ones about homosexuality ... I can't even talk about it, b/c it makes me want to put my fist into a wall. I am so SICK of discrimination, and it disgusts me that this is the sole reason at least one of these books was challenged. <br /><br />To Kill A Mockingbird challenged due to rascism. Hmm ... to be fair, I somehow graduated w/o reading this one, but as I recall from the movie, I actually learned rascism is bad. So um ... yeah. <br /><br />The Color Purple was the only literary book I read in high school that I really enjoyed. It made me cry, I was so moved. And I wasn't an easily movable kid. So go ahead, challenge something eye-opening that may actually expand a child's world view a little.<br /><br />It cracks me up in a sad, sad way that some of these books are on the list, while the Gossip Girl series was dropped. Talk about language and sex! (I still wouldn't ban it, don't get me wrong.) <br /><br />Heaven forbid we breed a society of children with tolerance, with respect for others viewpoints, with first amendment rights. <br /><br />But go ahead. Challenge away. We all know how interest spikes when a book is challenged ...JESSJORDANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915521022827231804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-25431292005070239002010-05-05T09:59:56.685-04:002010-05-05T09:59:56.685-04:00I couldn't have said it better myself.
Kids w...I couldn't have said it better myself.<br /><br />Kids who actually sit down to read about bad stuff are just reading about it.<br /><br />The kids who don't read are the ones off DOING the bad stuff.Cheyannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924234364835409650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-62994499543459602082010-05-05T09:02:25.840-04:002010-05-05T09:02:25.840-04:00How Stoopid!! I Can't Believe Any Of Those Boo...How Stoopid!! I Can't Believe Any Of Those Books Made That List! And Don't They Make You Read To Kill A Mocking Bird In High School?? How Dare They?! They're So Ridiculus I Can't Even Laugh. And Twilight Had Maybe 0.00% Sexuality In It!! Yea, She Did Sleep With Her Husband, But It Was Written Out Like Some Over-Sexed Adult Novel!! I Love How They Want To Get Rid Of Books That Seem More Realistic Then Half Of The YA Out There. Like The TTYL Series. How Much More Real And Raw Could You Get Than That?? And They're Saying It's Innapproproiate.. Real Stoopid!RagDollVampGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983114511146823903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-56786699331998814752010-05-05T07:40:37.313-04:002010-05-05T07:40:37.313-04:00I challenge Twilight for being the book you MOST w...I challenge Twilight for being the book you MOST wanted there to be sex in and there being so little sex that it actually went into the negative. -7.5 on the sex scale.<br /><br />Why does this list even exist? Why do we still care what bible thumping soccer moms who have way too much time on their hands still think? We still challenge books and cut art/music programs in schools and everyone wonders why we have so many idiots. Maybe I'm just too busy WORKING to care about finding books to question. I think we should be thankful that people can at least read and so long as they are reading who cares what it is.<br /><br />I am angry now. Before coffee. Let's write a book about gay, bi-racial, drug using, satan worshippers, who date vampires and do the nasty in the library. It'll be a best seller. Unless this book already exists in which case please email me the title.Laura @ A Jane of All Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543791973035448627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-5916085527605033102010-05-04T22:21:58.069-04:002010-05-04T22:21:58.069-04:00Twilight's a mormon's wet dream, what are ...Twilight's a mormon's wet dream, what are they talking about?Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085105568601878075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-8186845908638037592010-05-04T22:21:29.960-04:002010-05-04T22:21:29.960-04:00So well put! Whenever you really want someone to r...So well put! Whenever you really want someone to read something, try banning it!Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165146857489853420.post-50107624865636538232010-05-04T21:50:58.607-04:002010-05-04T21:50:58.607-04:00That's hilarious! If anything Twilight is all ...That's hilarious! If anything Twilight is all be abstinent or you'll die! It is really "stoopid" to ban books because it mentions sex like teens haven't seen worse. A teen is more likely to read a banned book, so at least it will get them reading something.<br /><br />In my town one of the teachers got "Bless, Me Ultima" taken off the required reading because it was <br />"anti-christian". I just thought it was boring. There was this whole drama that went on because of that book. This whole banning books thing is ridiculous. Anyways, I think I'll go off to re-read some more Harry Potter and brush up on my Satanism while doing so.Adrianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311736707223598993noreply@blogger.com