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| #1 | Posted: 03/29/2012 14:01 | Post subject: Banned Words & Topics |
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New York City Department of Education banned words and topics fearing that certain words and topics can make students feel unpleasant:
Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological)
Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs
Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)
Bodily functions
Cancer (and other diseases)
Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes)
Celebrities
Children dealing with serious issues
Cigarettes (and other smoking paraphernalia)
Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting)
Crime
Death and disease
Divorce
Evolution
Expensive gifts, vacations, and prizes
Gambling involving money
Halloween
Homelessness
Homes with swimming pools
Hunting
Junk food
In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge
Loss of employment
Nuclear weapons
Occult topics (i.e. fortune-telling)
Parapsychology
Politics
Pornography
Poverty
Rap Music
Religion
Religious holidays and festivals (including but not limited to Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan)
Rock-and-Roll music
Running away
Sex
Slavery
Terrorism
Television and video games (excessive use)
Traumatic material (including material that may be particularly upsetting such as animal shelters)
Vermin (rats and roaches)
Violence
War and bloodshed
Weapons (guns, knives, etc.)
Witchcraft, sorcery, etc.
Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/...zed-tests/
Reminds me of BEA
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| #2 | Posted: 03/29/2012 14:29 | Post subject: Re: Banned Words & Topics |
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| RFNAPLES wrote: | | Reminds me of BEA |
Except, none of those are banned here. |
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| #3 | Posted: 03/29/2012 15:03 | Post subject: |
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That's seriously messed up. I don't get the point of it.
But so is the comparison with BEA. Didn't get the point of that, either.
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| #5 | Posted: 03/29/2012 15:38 | Post subject: |
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| RFNAPLES wrote: | BEA allows all the words and topics but relegates some to the Ghetto. Perhaps New York City Department of Education will someday add BEA to its list of verboten.  |
Messed up, I say. MESSED UP.
Well, it already has rock and roll music there........ 
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| #6 | Posted: 03/29/2012 15:45 | Post subject: Re: Banned Words & Topics |
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| RFNAPLES wrote: |
Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs
Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)
Cancer (and other diseases)
Celebrities
Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting)
Evolution
Halloween
Homes with swimming pools
In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge
Rap Music
Rock-and-Roll music
Sex
Vermin (rats and roaches)
Witchcraft, sorcery, etc.[/list]
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Some of those I can understand. Like..3 of them. But I list I kept is fucking ridiculous. HALLOWEEN?, Cancer? 
Rap Music pisses me off too. What's wrong with it? What's wrong with Rock music? What do they want these kids listening to? Radio shit?
Witchcraft is a joke  I'm slightly confused why that's always an issue.
And avoiding the use of Celebrities, Sex & Computers is impossible. Might as well ban the news as well.
Math makes me feel unpleasant. Maybe we should ban that too. 
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| #7 | Posted: 03/29/2012 15:52 | Post subject: |
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What is the meaning of this? Is it to remove them from schools and other places?  Censorship can only lead to bad things.
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| #8 | Posted: 03/29/2012 15:54 | Post subject: |
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| an_outlaw wrote: | | What is the meaning of this? Is it to remove them from schools and other places? Censorship can only lead to bad things. |
Yeah. It's just to ban mention of them in class discussions or tests or w/e It's only in some parts of New York I think. I don't even know what happens if you do mention anything on this list. Either way, it's not to be taken seriously.
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| #9 | Posted: 03/29/2012 15:56 | Post subject: |
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| I thought we got over this whole "rock music is evil!" thing back in the 70's. |
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| #10 | Posted: 03/29/2012 15:58 | Post subject: |
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| Hayden wrote: | | Yeah. It's just to ban mention of them in class discussions or tests or w/e It's only in some parts of New York I think. I don't even know what happens if you do mention anything on this list. Either way, it's not to be taken seriously. |
I see. Reading the article it seems like they are trying to please everybody but are likely to please very few.
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