Dad’s response to school’s “Fahrenheit 451” permission slip is the hottest take of all

It’s 2016 and therefore quite arguable that society has evolved well past the point of attempting to censor books students read in school — you know, save for salaciously over-the-top top titles such as, say, “Fifty Shades of Grey” or “The Sexual Life of Catherine M.”

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But “Fahrenheit 451”? Still? For decades, Ray Bradbury’s 20th-century masterpiece set in a dystopian future in which society values the constant chatter emanating from wall-mounted televisions — sound familiar? — and where literature is deemed as dangerous and evil and designated for extinction.

Firemen in this bleak vision of the future no longer put out fires, but rather start them, called upon to burn books and the houses in which they are hidden.

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Well, Daniel Radosh, head writer for the “Daily Show,” found out society can still be stuck in an outdated, 20th-century mode of thinking when it comes to book censorship. His son, Milo — and Milo’s fellow students in their school book club — isn’t allowed to read Bradbury’s classic cautionary tale without his parents signing a note granting permission.

As someone who deals in irony as a profession, Radosh found particular humor in all of this. So he decided to not only sign his son’s permission letter, but to write a letter of his own to Milo’s teacher as if the permission note itself was all part of the lesson plan of the greater message to be learned in “Fahrenheit 451.”

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Here’s what Radosh wrote:

I love this letter! What a wonderful way to introduce students to the theme of Fahrenheit 451 that books are so dangerous that the institutions of society — schools and parents — might be willing to team up against children to prevent them from reading one. It’s easy enough to read the book and say, ‘This is crazy. It could never really happen,’ but pretending to present students at the start with what seems like a totally reasonable ‘first step’ is a really immersive way to teach them how insidious censorship can be I’m sure that when the book club is over and the students realize the true intent of this letter they’ll be shocked at how many of them accepted it as an actual permission slip. In addition, Milo’s concern that allowing me to add this note will make him stand out as a troublemaker really brings home why most of the characters find it easier to accept the world they live in rather than challenge it. I assured him that his teacher would have his back.

Hopefully Milo is enjoying the Bradbury’s book. Meanwhile, because it is 2016, surely a panel is being put together right this minute to debate the pros and cons of book burning on cable news.

What do you think?

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