Well, our very own Jackassville BaptiNazis are on their bookburning march here again. They

    Well, our very own Jackassville BaptiNazis are on their bookburning 
  march here again.  They have even removed the evil children's books of 
  Shel Silverstein from the school shelves. Now, I happen to have read many
  of Shel's books since, unlike Baptist pablum and crap, they are so deep 
  and wise and well written that even adults can profit from them - they 
  are reminiscent of Sufi teaching tales.

    Now I could see some parent being worried about a book like "Naked Whip
  Frenzy" but Silverstein's books are completely innocuous.

    They contain no violence, sex, or paganism.  Their message largely 
  seems to be for children to practice tolerance, fairness, and to see the 
  other persons viewpoint.  Their major quality is to expand the mind and 
  widen the viewpoint.  

    Ah, now I see why the BaptiNazis hate them.  They teach TOLERANCE, 
  OPENMINDEDNESS, FAIRNESS, EMPATHY, EXAND THE MIND, AND WIDEN THE 
  VIEWPOINT.  They also teach children to think and question for themselves
  and apply the scientific method by verifying a truth by observing its 
  real world results. 

    Well, we certainly can't have good mental and emotional balance 
  interfering with the Bible.  Better a small mind and a closed heart lest 
  ye offend Jeezus.

     now that they've invaded the libraries, I suppose the next thing 
  the BaptiNazis will do is come knocking on my door some fine Sunday to 
  see why I'm not down listning to old Homer (our local BigBap Preacher) 
  Drone.  Thus is freedom lost.  By a thousand small cuts in a thosand 
  small minded towns.  By way of the local school board, not the FedGov, 
  which everyone watches.

                        Creeping Jeezus,
                        Nazi Jeezus
                        Crawls into the schools
                        And burns the thinking
                        Children's books
                        So that they'll grow up Fools
                        --- Jim Mooney