OPINION: Scoot: Florida's statue of David controversy a bad sign for America

Michelangelo's David
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If there is a problem distinguishing between historic art and pornography - I suggest we have a problem, America.

The Tallahassee Classical School has been showing 6th-grade students a picture of Michelangelo's "David” statue - but this year two families complained about not being warned ahead of time so that they could remove their children from class; one family said the statue was pornographic.  The statue shows David completely nude, complete with male genitalia.

The school has a rule that parents will be warned if any controversial material is used in class and the principal assumed a letter went out to parents - but it was never sent.

The bigger issue is that there should have been nothing alarming about the picture to warrant a warning letter in the first place.  What have we become?

Here is part of the conversation about how the controversy over the "David" statue indicates a new low in paranoia in America.  We have real problems in this country - and one of the problems is the "Prude Patrol" looking for sex in all the wrong places!

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