Via Boing Boing: Last week a Texas man asked his daughter’s school district to drop Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s novel about a future world where “firemen” don’t fight fires, but burn books.
“It’s just all kinds of filth,” said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read “Fahrenheit 451.” “The words don’t need to be brought out in class. I want to get the book taken out of the class.”
Last week, you may recall, was the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. How much do you suppose the ALA had to pay Mr. Verm to illustrate the problem so effectively?
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