Teaching Your Child to Read
In 1995 the Virginia-based American Life League urged a recall
of
``The Lion King,'' arguing that in
one scene rising clouds of dust spelled the word ``sex.''
- New York Times, January 7, 1999
Whoa! Baby! Quick, children, cover your eyes!
American Life League? Who are these people? Where are the little holes in the ground that they hide in whenever someone talks seriously about art and life and bodily functions? American Life League? Let me guess: they want a return to "traditional" values, emphasizing nation, God, and family, and hard work.
Just to feel better about myself, I think I will take a piece of cardboard and write the word "sex" on it and show it to my children tonight, just to see what happens.
Look out!
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