Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 07:04:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Burning at the Stake (Not!)
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

I see nothing wrong with a parent limiting his or her
own  child's access to material the parent considers
objectionable. That's part of being a parent. What I
object to is when that parent then decides he or she
must also attempt to prevent every other child in the
same school/town/etc from having access to the
material as well.

--Cathy

--- "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
> 	Well, I generally view parents being protective of
> their children
> including their children's reading as a positive
> exercise of parental
> responsibility.  However, others see a reasonable
> protective concern as a
> wholesale assault on the First Amendment, and I
> believe that we can address
> reasonable concerns without labeling those people
> 'loons.'
> 	For the record, I've labeled people 'loons' but I
> believe that my
> labeling had a significantly different basis.
> 	Concerning religion, you are correct.  Most
> children's books, like
> most science fiction books, deal with religion by
> ignoring it.  What you
> don't know won't hurt you.
>

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