Re: California School Bans Dictionary

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/755936--u-s-school-bans-the-dictionary

U.S. school bans the dictionary
A Southern California school board has pulled the Merriam-Webster dictionary off its shelves after a parent complained about the entry “oral sex.”
The collegiate-level dictionary was being used in grade four and five classrooms. The school now promises to begin a thorough scouring of the dictionary for other offensive entries.

“It’s hard to sit and read the dictionary, but we’ll be looking to find other things of a graphic nature,” Menifee Union School District spokesperson Betti Cadmus told the local The Press-Enterprise newspaper.....

(one benefit may be for the parents to read the dictionary themselves)

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan

Certain things aren't allowed to happen in California, I guess