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Ontario School Board Bans Fantasy Book

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A Roman Catholic school board in Ontario ordered the popular fantasy book "The Golden Compass" taken off library shelves at dozens of schools Thursday after receiving a complaint about the author referring to himself as an atheist.

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{"commentId":1209823,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}

Oi... I'll say the only thing I can say about things like this....

It's FICTION people....get over it.....it's make believe, it shouldn't be that scary to you...

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Reply#1 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:50 PM EST
{"commentId":1210154,"authorDomain":"spiffie"}

I like the end:

The league also boycotted the movie adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code," which went on to become one of biggest movies of 2006.

"The league also boycotted the movie adaptation of 'The Da Vinci Code,' which turned out to be wholly ineffective and worthless." :-)

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Reply#2 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:48 PM EST
{"commentId":1210494,"authorDomain":"witchofthenorth"}

Well they are the Catholic school board so what do we expect?

On the good side, it's not an actual ban - the book is still available on request while board members actually read the book.

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Reply#3 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:13 PM EST
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