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From: Smithhemb_at_aol.com <Smithhemb>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:02:43 EDT
In a message dated 6/23/2005 1:17:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wfkig at comca st.net writes:
offering information about homo sexuality as a viable choice to children
(especially those at the young end of the s pan for YA readers) is like presenting calculus to a child in preschool
Of course, it's unlikely that the preschool child will want to check the calculus book out of the library and, if she does, one of two things will happen. Either the book will be essentially meaningless to the child and get put aside fairly quickly. Or it will turn out that the child actually knew what she was selecting and why and she'll make something of it (maybe not what a math professor (or her parents) would make of it). I guess I don't see the harm in either case.
Sue Hemberger Washington, DC
Received on Thu 23 Jun 2005 01:02:43 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:02:43 EDT
In a message dated 6/23/2005 1:17:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wfkig at comca st.net writes:
offering information about homo sexuality as a viable choice to children
(especially those at the young end of the s pan for YA readers) is like presenting calculus to a child in preschool
Of course, it's unlikely that the preschool child will want to check the calculus book out of the library and, if she does, one of two things will happen. Either the book will be essentially meaningless to the child and get put aside fairly quickly. Or it will turn out that the child actually knew what she was selecting and why and she'll make something of it (maybe not what a math professor (or her parents) would make of it). I guess I don't see the harm in either case.
Sue Hemberger Washington, DC
Received on Thu 23 Jun 2005 01:02:43 PM CDT
