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Author Jodi Picoult told the Union-Leader that she was aware of the controversy in Gilford. Her solution was to make the novel a family affair.
“Read the book with your kids, by all means use it as a springboard for discussion with your kids,” she told the newspaper.
originally posted by: WhiteAlice
a reply to: LadyJae
Just spotted this. ROFL WOW.
Author Jodi Picoult told the Union-Leader that she was aware of the controversy in Gilford. Her solution was to make the novel a family affair.
“Read the book with your kids, by all means use it as a springboard for discussion with your kids,” she told the newspaper.
www.foxnews.com...
Oh yeah, reading about "____ ___ pooling on the carpet" is pure family fun! I wonder if she reads it to her three children at bed time?
originally posted by: Daedalus
a reply to: smurfy
i'm guessing you missed the part where he was being loud, obnoxious, and disruptive?
i'm guessing you also missed the part where he refused to settle down when asked, and refused to leave when asked, and insisted that he be arrested.
if he hadn't been a jackass, and made a scene, this thread wouldn't exist.
originally posted by: Daedalus
a reply to: WhiteAlice
sure, because that ONE PAGE is the entire book...
way to ignore the book as a whole, and fixate on the sensational
this whole thing is just overblown....again, the guy was out of line...there's a right way and a wrong way to go about things....he chose poorly..
originally posted by: Daedalus
a reply to: smurfy
i'm guessing you missed the part where he was being loud, obnoxious, and disruptive?
originally posted by: bluesman1955
a reply to: Ezappa
What bugged me the most is that the other parents did naff all, they just sat there and pretended nothing was happening.
Maybe the other parents can't read.
Just saying
originally posted by: DrinkMoreWater
True, but he wouldn't have been a jackass if schools weren't showing sexually explicit material to kids.
I'd say call it even.
originally posted by: DrinkMoreWater
There shouldn't be any sensational stories in sex ed. "The guy was out of line."
At what point is someone justified in acting "out of line?" When they feel that the school has betrayed his trust as a parent by doing something he finds morally wrong and corrupting to his child's mind?