to feel uneasy about my children reading Black Beauty?

[AnnaSewell]

it's got black in the title! they might become closet racists and join the BNP!

[Tawnykitten]

[Menarefrommars]

PMSL

[mummytosteven]

Love the name.

[WaynettaSlob]

[2shoes]

good one

[JeremyVile]

Hilarious

[flibbertyjibbet]

titter

[SayNoToMissionary]

ROFL

Thank god - someone with some common sense

[Georgie11]

I missed the earlier posts, is she concerned regarding the word 'black'?

[pointydog]

oh no. This is getting pretty awful now.

[Piffle]

And the unfortunate end of Ginger

[Georgie11]

I'm serious, why was she concerned about reading Black Beauty? I'm intrigued ...

[SayNoToMissionary]

Read the OP. Think she is being ironic

[MrsWeasley]

LOL

[pointydog]

But this is just yet another thread which could cause offence.

[MamaMaiasaura]

OMG you are right... Burn the books! Can we ban Free Willy for the sexual connations too?

[AnnaSewell]

it's your choice to be offended pointy...

[pointydog]

I don't think people have much 'choice' about whether they find something offensive or not. You are just goading people now. I'm off.

[Saturn74]

I agree with you, pointy.

[Georgie11]

If I was being ironic, I would say that the original poster (and not having seen it) is:
(a) A horse-ophobe who does not like stories about horses
(b) A beauty-ophobe who does not like stories about physical image
(c) A black-ophobe who does not like stories containing the word black
(d) A brilliant-story-ophobe who doesn't like good stories.

If the original poster had a more significant point to make, I apologise in advance for my irony.