Banning Fahrenheit 451

There is no such thing as blissful stupidity. There is only stupid stupidity. And in this case, Alton Verm of Texas is as stupid as they come. Verm, an avid church goer and a very stupid man (please bear with me, I'm stressing a point here) has decided to ask his local school district to remove Fahrenheit 451 from the school because "it's just all kinds of filth," that he doesn't want his 15-year-old daughter to be reading. Diana Verm complained about the book because it "had a bunch of very bad language in it." Said Diana, "It shouldn't be in there because it's offending people. ... If they can't find a book that uses clean words, they shouldn't have a book at all."

Look at that, stupid father Verm is raising a stupid daughter. I swear, stupidity is emerging at an earlier and earlier age these days. Must be something in the food.

The rest of the class stupid Diana belongs to is none too happy with the challenge to the book. At Houston Community Newspapers Online, the following comment was left by Jason Scythe, a fellow student of "Stupid" Diana Verm:

this is by far the most ridiculous thing i have heard of. I am a student who attends Caney Creek High School and I am disgusted with the way they handled this situation.the only words that they proteseted [sic] were ones that are commonly found in the Bible itself.as for the referance [sic] to the Bible.Guy Montag is striving to remember it's scriptures to help preserve it. I find it very sad indeed that anyone would so thoroughly criticize a book without even reading it. The saddest thing is that this book may very well be removed from our curriculum as a result of this display of irrational stupidity.
Fahrenheit 451 has inspired many since it's publication in 1953. I know of many students who began their interest in reading after being assigned this book.
there are many students including myself fighting to keep this book in our school.
anyone who wishes to voice their opinion on the subject may reach us at essay654321@yahoo.com
please help us keep this book in our school. We should not be denied such meaningful literature based on the opinion of only two people who have not even read the book.
thank you for your time.
jason scythe, cleveland, TX