Are the words objectionable? Yes, there is no one that thinks they aren't, but by taking away the first part, it's not changing the meaning of what he is trying to portray and copyright." "For me this was his way to convey the message. It's hard for this generation, these kids don't even know 9/11, they were not even born," Goodin said, according to the minutes. Spiegelman did his very best to depict his mother passing away and we are almost 80 years away. Julie Goodin, an assistant principal, replied to Allman, saying, "I can talk of the history, I was a history teacher and there is nothing pretty about the Holocaust and for me this was a great way to depict a horrific time in history." "It shows people hanging, it shows them killing kids, why does the educational system promote this kind of stuff, it is not wise or healthy," Allman said, according to the minutes.
One member, Tony Allman, was quoted in the minutes as saying, "Being in the schools, educators and stuff we don't need to enable or somewhat promote this stuff." "Considering copyright, we decided to redact it to get rid of the eight curse words and the picture of the woman that was objected to," Parkison said.īut board members worried that might violate the book's copyright, the minutes show. Parkison said he had "consulted with our attorney" and as a result "we decided the best way to fix or handle the language in this book was to redact it." There is some rough, objectionable language in this book and knowing that and hearing from many of you and discussing it, two or three of you came by my office to discuss that." 10 meeting of the McMinn School Board show that Director of School Lee Parkison opened the session by saying: "The values of the county are understood. It has won a slew of awards, including a 1992 Pulitzer Prize.
In "Maus," different groups of people are drawn as different kinds of animals: Jews are the mice, Poles are pigs and Nazi Germans - who had a notorious history of banning and burning books - are cats.
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