Comments on: Sunday Strangeness http://www.dcrblogs.com/2007/11/18/sunday-strangeness/ Motivating readers to believe, act, and achieve by looking at life with wit, wisdom, and engaging creativity Thu, 17 May 2012 10:39:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2007/11/18/sunday-strangeness/#comment-3674 dcr Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:53:33 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2007/11/18/sunday-strangeness/#comment-3674 If the publisher is so concerned, why not release the book with a warning? "Children should not read this book without parental supervision." ;-) If the publisher is so concerned, why not release the book with a warning? “Children should not read this book without parental supervision.” ;-)

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://www.dcrblogs.com/2007/11/18/sunday-strangeness/#comment-3567 Jeanne Dininni Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:02:25 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2007/11/18/sunday-strangeness/#comment-3567 Pretty sad state of affairs, Dan. I think the children's book author should have taken her book to another publisher--though I imagine contract considerations likely entered into the equation. How sad that children's imaginations should be stifled in this manner. But, I guess it's a sign of the times. There are so many troubled kids in the world today. (Of course, banning fire-breathing dragons in children's books won't do a thing to make those kids better.) Our culture is so litigation-oriented that there's bound to be a backlash--though I can't help but wonder if it's really necessary to be quite that paranoid about a lawsuit! Jeanne Pretty sad state of affairs, Dan. I think the children’s book author should have taken her book to another publisher–though I imagine contract considerations likely entered into the equation. How sad that children’s imaginations should be stifled in this manner. But, I guess it’s a sign of the times. There are so many troubled kids in the world today. (Of course, banning fire-breathing dragons in children’s books won’t do a thing to make those kids better.) Our culture is so litigation-oriented that there’s bound to be a backlash–though I can’t help but wonder if it’s really necessary to be quite that paranoid about a lawsuit!

Jeanne

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