First there was "the word" and then there was the "tweet". Of course, "the word" I'm talking about is not the famous "good" one, but rather the very, very "bad", "sexually explicit" one found in a book read by children as young as nine!
The definition: probably too sexually graphic to mention here.. but click to view the banned source and find out!
The book: Merriam Webster's 10th edition
This dictionary (yes, dictionary) was recently banned from a number of schools in the Menifee Union school district (Southern California) when one of the students' parents complained after learning of their child's newly broadended lexicon.
This has been a controversial ban and one that has received both praise (or so the article claims), disbelief, outrage and laughter. What do you think of this ban? Applaudable or laudable?
Here's what people are saying about it... 'between the tweets':
Tweets about the page collected using Kutano.
A Summary:
In Hashtags-
Some hashtags you'll see in relation to this story: #wtf, #Americagetsdumber, #humanstupidity, #FAIL, #nocleanfeed, #idiocy, #openinternet, #facepalm, #nottheonion, #moralityfail
Some hashtags you'll see in relation to this story: #wtf, #Americagetsdumber, #humanstupidity, #FAIL, #nocleanfeed, #idiocy, #openinternet, #facepalm, #nottheonion, #moralityfail
The overwhelming consensus: Read any tweet shown above.
The silver-lining: We still have Twitter. And the internet in general. Hopefully the kids won't find anything too graphic there ;P.
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