If they got it because hey this was all our school could afford on the otherhand and Dragon Ball Z is what you would call Modern Japanese Manga Art Style then perhaps it should have been disected by an Art Teacher and the Art/Comic style taught to children – only then yes it would belong in the elementary school.

The problem is you will never know why it was on a school shelf. That it was there means that school doesnt have enough funding for Librarians, Teachers, Or books.

But then again in the dark world of String theory maybe they built the school around the comic…because it, like the chicken crossing the road, was there first.

On American television, children’s genitals were censored by added-in brush and bush, however when the genitals were exposed they were clearly in an innocent manner, and the contexts never suggested foulplay of an adult toward a minor or child.

Even the vhs and DVD’s that were released as “Uncut” still removed most nudity and sexually suggestive themes.

If Viz’s rating for the Dragonball comics was “for all ages” then I blame them for not changing it for the sensitivity of America. A problem commonly overlooked, as I’ve just pointed out, with the event that occurred in 1999, too.

I agree this book doesn’t belong in an elementary school, that is kind of what my post said. The comic’s age rating is supposed to be teen +. Who in the world would remove this from high schools though? That’s just pushing it.

IF you are going to argue that this volume was age-appropriate for 8 – 13 year olds then we will have to disagree.

Those convicting, cruel, and unjustified words like: “The drawings and storylines are disgusting”, come from a troubled person who’s acting as some sort of overly-protective parent trying to shield his children from all the bloody violence and mayhem in the world, by unjustly picking apart a world-renowned comic, cartoon, and game series, for its content that was never meant for the humor and the minds of children to begin with, using sheer ignorance of a pig and the anger of a misinformed and unimaginative dork.

Surely people remember Dragonball Z. The cartoon that became a smashhit in the United States (a cartoon which landed #1 on cable tv for its demographic: 8-14, tweens, and males 12-24). A cartoon I may add was edited from its original condition and contained minor nudity at best, and not even the Japanese version had many sexual innuendos or scenes involving sexist behaviour or children nude.

The Dragonball franchise also saw success on the market as a comic, a toy, and a movie, putting it head-to-head with juggernaut Pokemon in the early 2000 era.

With all due respect to these parents and council members; you all do your jobs very well, but judging something so beloved, so treated as religion-like by millions of people across the globe, in your roles is not your duty, as it’s unjust–you’re not a critic of teenager reading material.

But it was your job to ensure the material being sent to your schools had clear labels stating the appropriate agegroups, and kept your routines intact so that you’d hire people who’d do their job properly instead of come up with some lame response when asked if the material was glanced over, like: “no.” These are typical problems that occur in region of business and education when people just stop caring.

The School Curriculum on the other hand should require everything from Adolf Hitlers Mein Kampf to the Diaries of Pol Pot to be read in class under teacher Supervision. In the end those children need to know about the bad stuff so that they can develop a point of view.

If you want to talk child endangerment – 70% of those in prison were victims of abuse.

I’d be interested to know the extent of your education. Given that I have never called for suppressing any book – only not using funds to stock it in a school library – your argument intro is moot.

I suspect that Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal would be proud of you. Are you going to tell me that the Cold War was a war of imperialism?

Perhaps War and The Republic? (a school history book to be found at whywefight.com) It amounts to a fantasy version of US history in which the sins of the USA are ignored and ends the last four decades based entirely on Government press releases and Leaks to the Media.

They call it the October surprise: If it had involved the Bushes directly, the Republican party would have gone down for Treason. Instead Saudi friends of the Bushes stalled the Iranian Hostage crisis long enough to get Ronald Regan elected President. But you will never know which is the true answer even when that secret is known to the US government.

They talk about the need for truth in history…so that the next generation of American can rescue the republic from the tyrants in its own ranks by refreshing the tree of liberty. That isnt going to happen if that is what a history book amounts to.

If you want to talk about protecting children – lets start protecting them from Poverty, Inequality, Religion, and the other Lies and fantasies that perpetuate the Tyranny of the status quo.

Compulsory Jobs for the Unemployed at the local Governement level.
Compulsory Education all the way to University.

I apologize if I haven’t made that point clear enough.