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PandaGuy wrote:

Also, it's nothing new. My old elementary school banned tag!    Seriously, stop being so overprotective, people! It's called "life" and children need to deal with it.

Well if your'e dealing with life, I guess you should deal with the fact that your life doesn't include tag.

PandaGuy wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

PandaGuy wrote:

Also, it's nothing new. My old elementary school banned tag!    Seriously, stop being so overprotective, people! It's called "life" and children need to deal with it.

Well if your'e dealing with life, I guess you should deal with the fact that your life doesn't include tag.

Why do you have to be so rude? What did I ever do to you? Obviously, you fail to see what I'm trying to explain, so stop being so sarcastic. What I'm trying to say is that people get hurt while playing tag at times, which is why the school banned it to begin with. However, I think they need to unban it because kids need to learn how to deal through pain and hardship because life throws things at you that you need to be prepared for.

Same as being hurt, not having tag was also thrown at you. I see your point but mine is still valid, dismissed as mere sarcasm or not.

If you still went to that school I would've recommended a letter to the principal about it whenever they make you write letters anyway.

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rabbit1131 wrote:

The Golden Compass is banned??? I LOVE THAT BOOKl!!!!

And no, it is not banned everywhere. Several religious groups have attempted to though. I believe most of the prejudice against the book was generated due to the movie anyhow.

PandaGuy wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

PandaGuy wrote:

Why do you have to be so rude? What did I ever do to you? Obviously, you fail to see what I'm trying to explain, so stop being so sarcastic. What I'm trying to say is that people get hurt while playing tag at times, which is why the school banned it to begin with. However, I think they need to unban it because kids need to learn how to deal through pain and hardship because life throws things at you that you need to be prepared for.

Same as being hurt, not having tag was also thrown at you. I see your point but mine is still valid, dismissed as mere sarcasm or not.

If you still went to that school I would've recommended a letter to the principal about it whenever they make you write letters anyway.

No, I no longer go to that school. I'm 13 now and that was elementary.

Write a letter about how you don't even have recess. You know you want to.

MaxtheWeirdo wrote:

Books aren't harmless. The right idea can start a war or change a mind.

Brotip-A story about an epic kid with an epic scar using an epic stick to defeat an epic guy with another epic stick which happens to be bros with the epic kid's epic stick has a low chance of starting a war.

helltank wrote:

MaxtheWeirdo wrote:

Books aren't harmless. The right idea can start a war or change a mind.

Brotip-A story about an epic kid with an epic scar using an epic stick to defeat an epic guy with another epic stick which happens to be bros with the epic kid's epic stick has a low chance of starting a war.

Ideas in the book could change someone's mind. There are ideals in Harry Potter.

MaxtheWeirdo wrote:

Books aren't harmless. The right idea can start a war or change a mind.

Also if it's like a really big book, you can use it as a hammer or something

I'm a christain AND  Harry Potter is NOT OFFENDING!! I love harry potter, I can tell you the plot of every one of the books, and tell you ANYTHING you want to know about harry potter a.k.a. The Boy Who LIVED. I dare you to insult harry potter in front of me!!! (If you do, please prepare yourself for a lot of hate mail...)

helltank wrote:

Why? Why? Why the madness? Why the banning of awesome books like Harry Potter and The Golden Compass.
  If you're against magic because it offends the Christian religion(by the way, I'm a Christian and I don't feel offended..) or against The Golden Compass because it says that Catholic religion is a con to make money and stuff, you should get a life.
  If a non fiction book proclaimed that, I would say,"Okay, that's fair." But this is fiction!! We all know it's fake. Why must you go around banning it from schools and libraries? Think of the children!
  It doesn't take an expert psychologist(but judging from your behaviors, you think it does for some reason) to tell you that reading Harry Potter will not make your son become embroiled in an evil cult with bloodletting and sacrificial rituals, nor will reading His Dark Materials(also known as The Golden Compass trilogy) make your child renounce everything he's ever known about Christianity, ever, and join the devil.

/rant

People are entitled to their opinions.

imnotbob wrote:

Harakou wrote:

Well in fairness, The Golden Compass did have some rather strong anti-religion undertones. I know it's fiction, but authors can still express a point of view through their work.

they did? how so?

Spoiler alert....


At the end of the first book, Lyra sees Lord Asriel go into Citagazze. In the second book, she figures out he went there to build his fortress in order to attack Heaven. It should be noted he succeeded. And apart from small things like Iofur Raknison, she only has two enemies-Heaven and the Church. Mary Malone, an important character, gives some strongly negative opinions about Christianity.