Playboys Should Be Banned

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Banned? A book is banned now because of “Filthy Words” and “Anti-Christian” content? Apparently so in Idaho where I guess children are perfect little angels who never swear and go to church in any free time they have. Why do kids have to be who you say? They should not. The people of Idaho really believe their children have never heard of Masturbation or swearing? This is definitely not true. I can say with confidence and experience that every High School aged teen has heard everything in this book. Parents of these kids should think about themselves because I bet every father was sneaking into their parents bedroom to look at Dad’s Playboys. The kids know this material and can relate to it which, in turn, will make it much easier

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