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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.

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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