badideas.php
So far this page (linked above) is my favorite on the Classkc.org website. The page challenges the reader: "Can you sincerely say that these books are absent of "gratuitous sex, profanity, and violence" per Blue Valley's selection policy 4600?" But then it lists only the "naughty bits" of the book. Note that the name of the page's file is "badwords.php."
Granted, these are phrases I wouldn't spout in church. Yet, I can appreciate that they may be used in an artful or edifying manner when not taken in isolation. Are the makers of this site (self-appointed advocates of "literary standards," mind you) unaware of the fact that it is impossible to tell if language is gratuitous without analyzing the context from which it comes?
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