School board meeting in North Carolina about a book

[Estro Felino]

Alcohol can be extremely dangerous, if one is drinking and driving. I don't think you can say the same for tobacco and marijuana.

Marijuana and tobacco are natural substances found in nature. Alcohol has to be made through a fermentation process.

But apparently alcohol is not forbidden...and marijuana is.

I mean...here nobody goes to jail for selling vodka to middle-schoolers.
But if you sell marijuana to them...yes, you're jailed.
I wonder why...

 

[anna.]

Actually psychologists say

What did they say, exactly? (That is, do you have any actual quotes?)

 

[SkepticThinker]

But apparently alcohol is not forbidden...and marijuana is.

I mean...here nobody goes to jail for selling vodka to middle-schoolers.
But if you sell marijuana to them...yes, you're jailed.
I wonder why...

Where I'm from (Canada) you'd go to jail for selling vodka AND marijuana to middle-schoolers.

Vodka and marijuana are both legal here, only for those over 19 years of age (or 18 years of age, depending on what province you're in).
My dad was an alcoholic and I can tell you firsthand that there was nothing safe about his alcohol intake.

 

[metis]

Where I'm from (Canada) you'd go to jail for selling vodka AND marijuana to middle-schoolers.

Vodka and marijuana are both legal here, only for those over 19 years of age (or 18 years of age, depending on what province you're in).
My dad was an alcoholic and I can tell you firsthand that there was nothing safe about his alcohol intake.

And here in Michigan, weed is also legal.

However, I'm having a hard time trying to light my dandelions.

 

[Father Heathen]

Alcohol smells good. I mean...margarita, vodka, limoncello, grappa, etc etc
Marijuana smells like petroleum+rotten cabbages.
I guess the smell is a good indicator that a substance is harmful.

Sorry, I'm going to stick with the science and statistics in this, which are readily available online.

 

[Father Heathen]

But apparently alcohol is not forbidden...and marijuana is.

I mean...here nobody goes to jail for selling vodka to middle-schoolers.
But if you sell marijuana to them...yes, you're jailed.
I wonder why...

Wonder no more; ignorant people create ignorant laws. People who give hard liquor to children should be locked up.

 

[Father Heathen]

I just noticed the video had been put behind a spoiler for nudity. And thats cool.

Evidently its too graphic for the adults of RF but ok for the school library..(only nudity was in the book)

Except that it's still here and available to those who wish to view it, and anyone here who would have a problem with nudity would likely be the sort who would also take issue with these books. It's a warning, not a ban, so the equivalent would be the book having warnings, which they may already have.

 

[Estro Felino]

Wonder no more; ignorant people create ignorant laws. People who give hard liquor to children should be locked up.

This is your opinion.
My personal opinion is that an educator who shows graphic images of sexual intercourse to prepubescents should be locked up.

 

[Father Heathen]

This is your opinion.
My personal opinion is that an educator who shows graphic images of sexual intercourse to prepubescents should be locked up.

So it's better for a child to drink heavily than to learn about biology?

 

[Estro Felino]

So it's better for a child to drink heavily than to learn about biology?

If we speak of prepubescents (10 year old), yes.
It's better for them to drink a glass of red wine, than to read that book.

 

[Subduction Zone]

But apparently alcohol is not forbidden...and marijuana is.

I mean...here nobody goes to jail for selling vodka to middle-schoolers.
But if you sell marijuana to them...yes, you're jailed.
I wonder why...

They might start listening to jazz.

 

[Subduction Zone]

This is your opinion.
My personal opinion is that an educator who shows graphic images of sexual intercourse to prepubescents should be locked up.

Well it is a good thing that those are lacking in that work.

 

[fantome profane]

If we speak of prepubescents (10 year old), yes.
It's better for them to drink a glass of red wine, than to read that book.

Wow.

I can look up what damage alcohol does to a prepubescent.

But what damage would this book do? How would a child be harmed by reading this book?

 

[Father Heathen]

If we speak of prepubescents (10 year old), yes.
It's better for them to drink a glass of red wine, than to read that book.

So we're drugging children to keep them dumb and gullible...?

 

[Estro Felino]

So we're drugging children to keep them dumb and gullible...?

When I was 10, I used to drink wine. When I was 13 I used to drink vodka and limoncello.
Am I dead? No.

 

[Father Heathen]

When I was 10, I used to drink wine. When I was 13 I used to drink vodka and limoncello.
Am I dead? No.

But can you think critically?

...the pieces fall into place.

 

[fantome profane]

When I was 10, I used to drink wine. When I was 13 I used to drink vodka and limoncello.
Am I dead? No.

When I was 10 I was reading Playboy.

 

[SkepticThinker]

If we speak of prepubescents (10 year old), yes.
It's better for them to drink a glass of red wine, than to read that book.

A relatively small amount of alcohol can be lethal for a child.
I've yet to hear of a kid dying from reading a book.

 

[SkepticThinker]

When I was 10 I was reading Playboy.

They really do have good articles.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I just noticed the video had been put behind a spoiler for nudity. And thats cool.

Evidently its too graphic for the adults of RF but ok for the school library..(only nudity was in the book)

It's would seem RF has established the limits on what ought to be in a school and on this forum.

RF has a spoiler requirement, and schools need that 'special locked shelf' only accessible with parents permission.

Issue solved.