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   leftwingpatriot said, 8 months ago

   Liz- The Virgin Queen.
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   Fairportfan2 said, 8 months ago

   @leftwingpatriot

   HAH
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   Tirasmol said, 8 months ago

   so that gets banned but books like Anne Rice’s sleeping beauty trilogy don’t? Who gets to make these decisions? (and no I don’t think the sleeping beauty trilogy should be banned, just using it as an example)
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   Alexikakos said, 8 months ago

   Here’s the poem:
   .
   “Ice Capades”
   .
   by: Sonya Sones
   .
   Sometimes
   .
   on chilly nights
   .
   I stand close to my bedroom window,
   .
   unbutton my nightgown,
   .
   and press my breasts
   .
   against the cold glass
   .
   just so I can see
   .
   the amazing trick
   .
   that my nipples can do.
   …………………………………………………………….
   .
   Not particularly good poetry in my opinion, but if any individual or commitee wants to ban this then what, in another art form, would would that individual or committee
   do with the statues of David and the Venus de Milo?
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   pcolli said, 8 months ago

   @Alexikakos

   I don’t think David’s much to be disgusted over. Seen bigger mice.
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   dukedoug said, 8 months ago

   Good airconditioning:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHUUDHufeN8
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   vwdualnomand said, 8 months ago

   have they made this book into a movie, yet? and, not the porn version.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 8 months ago

   Anything’s better than Tennyson, LOL.
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   The Wolf In Your Midst said, 8 months ago

   @Alexikakos

   Well, I remember that whole uproar about the Attorney General’s office ordering a statue of the Spirit of Justice to be covered with drapes because it showed an exposed breast.

   The number-one argument I hear about things like this is “I don’t want my children exposed to things like that!”. It seems that parents want to keep their kids in a perpetual state of ignorance until they’re 18- and then shove them out into the world and expect them to be well-adjusted, normal adults.
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    jadoo823 said, 8 months ago

    @The Wolf In Your Midst

    …you mean those parents who’s argument is really “I don’t want my children exposed to things like that {BECAUSE THEY THEN ASK ME QUESTIONS THAT I DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING}”…these are the same parents who say that sex education should be taught at home, but then don’t teach it…way to go…
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    runar said, 8 months ago

    @The Wolf In Your Midst

    Of course the real reason Ashcroft ordered the statue covered is that he couldn’t stand being upstaged by another boob in the room.
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    SherlockWatson said, 8 months ago

    I see that Liz is getting some literary pointers today. =rimshot=
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    Steve said, 8 months ago

    Does the book have photographs? Otherwise, how could “nudity” possibly be an issue?
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    Brenda647 said, 8 months ago

    @Tirasmol

    Hi Tirasmol,

    The Sleeping Beauty trilogy was banned. It’s on the 100 most frequently challenged book from 1990-1999 on the American Library Association web site. www.ala.org. It’s unbelievable some of the books that are part of the lists that are on this web site.
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    Michael wme said, 8 months ago

    @pcolli

    Note that Michael Angelo’s David has never had a brist. I understand the original David was very upset. Maybe a mohel cold correct the problem?
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