Alberta’s UCP government will introduce new regulations this fall to ensure that only “age appropriate” books are available in school libraries.
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And let me guess, it will be the UCP that decides what is “appropriate”.
I’ll just leave this here; perhaps some citizens will provide some feedback during the public consultation process.
Hebrew & Christian Bibles, along with the Qur’an have passages that include:
- Erotic imagery, sexual desire described in first person.
- Graphic metaphor for sexual promiscuity.
- Incest, non-consensual sexual encounters.
- Sexual violence and mutilation.
- Incestuous rape.
- Graphic violence against children.
- Corporal punishment (for sexual sin)
- Domestic abuse
- Battle commands with graphic imagery
So… if we’re going to ban books (which we generally should not), it seems that the offending versions of religious texts should be amongst the contenders for ‘age inappropriate’ content. Some versions paraphrase or omit some of the most egregious passages); however, even commonly circulated editions such as the New International Version (NIV) include passages about sex, violence, and bodily authority / consent.
The point of course, is that the so-called ‘freedoms’ that the UCP like to push seems to involve a whole lot of limiting freedoms of those they don’t agree with…
As decided by anyone except the people specifically trained to educate children.
