On November 14, a 20-year-old woman named Lanah Burkhardt appeared before the school board of the Conroe Independent School District in Texas. Burkhardt told the board that, when she was 11, she read a Scholastic book that introduced her to "a single kiss." According to Burkhardt, her exposure to this Scholastic book was directly responsible for her developing a debilitating addiction to pornography.
  • @[email protected]
    7•6 months ago

    Debilitating addictions are an illness. Should we kill all of the bees because some people are severely allergic? I can understand the mysterious woman feeling that way, but the sane response is treatment of the few susceptible, not prohibition for all the rest.

    • be_excellent_to_each_other
      9•6 months ago

      She’s the marketing officer for a right-wing competitor to Scholastic. I am doubtful she has a porn addiction in the first place, and I’m 100% sure it wasn’t “sparked” by Scholastic books for kids. And if it was, I submit her problem is different than she thinks it is.