Stupid Censorship, Stupid Security

The 2003 Jefferson Muzzle "winners" are out. This year's crop starts with John Ashcroft and the U.S. Congress, and works its way down through the school board that voted to put Harry Potter on the restricted shelf. Innovation in censorship deserves recognition, read and enjoy. And in other stupid news, the winners of the Stupid Security Competition have been announced. I like that I'm being protected from tea. It makes me feel safe.

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Restriction of the Harry Potter series actually makes sense. Think about it: the "hero" and his pals basically harbor a complete disregard for authority, and when they are caught, the worst that happens is they get warned not to do it again (which means that they WILL).

Anyone that is a parent knows what happens to kids that act like this: they become spoiled brats who don't know that certain actions have certain consequences...

If a kid that already knows about consequences wants to read the series, that's up the kid's parent(s). If the kid DOESN'T know about them, then I'm not so sure it's a good idea, since it sets a bad example.