May 25, 2005
WOULDN'T WE IF WE COULD?:
‘Nothing But a Theory’: Activists in Kansas want to ban any reference to the 20th century from school textbooks. (Andy Borowitz, May 25, 2005, Newsweek)
A political action group is applying pressure on the Kansas State Board of Education to ban any and all references to the 20th century from school textbooks, a spokesman for the group confirmed today.The move to ban the 20th century came up in a series of contentious school board hearings this week as the group loudly complained that the state's current textbooks are rife with references to the controversial century, which they say may or may not have happened.
It was the worst century in human history--why wouldn't we remove it if we could? Posted by Orrin Judd at May 25, 2005 10:28 AM
Yeah, I guess stuff like that polio cure and the abolition of slavery (at least, outside the islamic world) don't mitigate the general crappiness of the 20th century...
Posted by: M. Murcek at May 25, 2005 2:36 PMit was the best of centuries, it was the worst of centuries.
Posted by: cjm at May 25, 2005 2:45 PMJust say that from 1914 to 1989, lots of Bad Stuff happened and leave it at that.
Posted by: Matt Murphy at May 25, 2005 2:57 PMi am surprised that oj didn't pick the 1st century as the worst...
Posted by: cjm at May 25, 2005 3:13 PMwell, as we say about the Chicago Cubs: 'any team can have a bad century.'
Posted by: JonofAtlanta at May 25, 2005 3:19 PMJournalists!!! Is there anything they don't know?
Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 25, 2005 3:51 PM14th?
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at May 25, 2005 4:41 PMUm, Newsweek, fellas.
On the other hand, if this article is
accurate---and I realize that this is
going out on a limb---if we erase the 20th
century, what happens to most of us posters,
whom I presume were born then? (Well, maybe
except oj, who's ageless). Self-effacement for the greater good?