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George Byrd wrote:
> 
> In <ba.broadcast>, Sat, 16 May 1998 17:59:17 -0700,
>   on "Re: PORNOGRAPHY FOR THE CHILDREN??? SO SAYS SAN JOSE SCOOLS
> OFFICIALS??"
>     Don Wilson <scootoy@aol.com> cast this ASCII:
> 
> >> There
> >> was a teacher in my high school who assigned " A Clockwork Orange ".
> 
> >The context was to discourage teenagers from getting into gangd, but MY
> >GOD, what purpose does that serve? Wrong is wrong. As far as "A
> >Clockwork Orange", that kind of 60s stuff is what got us into the mess
> >we are in today. Teenagers (highschool age) ARE to young for this
> >material.
 
> Hmmm.  Burgess published ACO in '62, so it definitely was "60s stuff".
> But precisely how an English novel, written in the argot of Teddy
> Boys, Mods and Rockers gave rise to "the mess we are in today",
> escapes me.

Very true. I would think that plenty of teens would have trouble with
the language. Actually this is the first time that I have ever heard
Anthony Burgess billed as a spokesman for political correctness...if he
was still alive he would be quite amused ! I take it " Scootoy " has
never read " 1985 ".
 
> I've not noticed any roving gangs speaking that particular lingo
> lately.


  Nor have I noticed any gangs humming the Beethoven from
> Kubrick's '70 sound track.
> 
> Perhaps a more clear definition of "the mess" would make the
> transition less obscure.
> 
> G "or maybe it was Socrates' moral relativism" B

 
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