Comments on: Nanny State Law Gets Books Burned

By: Laurie Sutton

Laurie Sutton — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:55:21 +0000

So where are all these dangerous, lead-filled books going to go? Into the landfill, to poison the soil for centuries. At least those bad bad books won’t affect our kids — just later generations of them. Sheesh.

By: A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran » Archive » Children’s books that kill!

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:18:40 +0000

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By: Bill Myers

Bill Myers — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:48:19 +0000

Can you knit junior a sweater? No, he might eat it and ingest lead.

When I was five, I swallowed a penny. If only there had been legislation to protect me. Where the hell was Congress when I needed them?

No, seriously — losing that penny was a big deal. In 1975 you could still get a gumball with a penny. I was instructed by my mother not to attempt a salvage and recovery operation under any circumstances, though.

Seriously, kids are more resilient than our legislators realize. When I was a lad, we used to entertain ourselves by shoving firecrackers up GI Joe’s rear end and blowing his hiney to kingdom come. Good God, my mother would’ve been relieved to have me read a book with some trace chemicals in it instead!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:17:52 +0000

And I ask again: what about those cheap old comic books?

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:14:56 +0000

I’m aghast. I am devoted to thrift shop buying. When I was really poor, I didn’t buy any clothes that didn’t come second hand, and I dressed in nothing but designer clothes. There are great bargains to be found at the Goodwill. I helped furnish a friend’s apartment with bin diving and did plenty for my own benefit. I still shop at the local Goodwill which benefits the SPCA.

Lots of poor people can’t afford to buy new things. I can’t think of any cases of people being harmed by their thrift shop purchases.

Who is this law supposed to be for?