Hands Off Poetry!

HANDS OFF POETRY!We strongly oppose the censoring of Carol Ann Duffy's poem Education for Leisure by the examination board AQA, which has removed it from its anthology because it deals with the conten... continue reading »

750 signatures Goal: 1,000
All Signatures (750 total)
626.
Caitlin M 15 April 2005

"I support this petition"

627.
Phil D 4 April 2005

"I support this petition"

628.
Julia C 3 April 2005

"If we are going to censor that poem then we need to censor most of the Literature Canon. I am pretty confident that the youth of today responsible for knife related crime were not A* GCSE Literature students but may have spent more of their time on the st"

629.
Sammie Pierce 29 March 2005

"I support this petition"

630.
Chris S 24 March 2005

"I support this petition"

631.
Kath J 21 March 2005

"keep politcs out of literature, there should be freedom of expression"

632.
Dan C 18 March 2005

"I support this petition"

633.
Linda S 17 March 2005

"I support this petition"

634.
Nicky G 13 March 2005

"В"

635.
Nick S 13 March 2005

"Education - not censorship."

636.
David J 8 March 2005

"I support this petition"

637.
Joanna W 8 March 2005

"I support this petition"

638.
Jodi S 22 February 2005

"I support this petition"

639.
John K 22 February 2005

"I support this petition"

640.
Ellen P 9 February 2005

"I support this petition"

641.
Rita Daugherty 20 January 2005

"A ridiculous and potentially counter-productive act of censorship."

642.
Louise G 7 January 2005

"for once, words fail me..."

643.
Brendan O 30 December 2004

"I support this petition"

644.
Michaela M 26 December 2004

"it is so important that kids - and adults - get the opportunity to access this poem easily - and discuss all the issues it raises , plus enjoying a wonderful poem. It is also important that we do not give in to anti- education, anti-thought, anti-culture "

645.
Viv A 18 December 2004

"I support this petition"

646.
Chantelle C 16 December 2004

"I support this petition"

647.
Allison M 10 December 2004

"I support this petition"

648.
James F 6 December 2004

"I support this petition"

649.
Amy Lomasc 4 December 2004

"I support this petition"

650.
Steven W 30 November 2004

"It's political correctness gone mad!!! no, but seriouslly, it's a dumb decision by someone who really oughtn't to be responsible for teaching anyone poetry."

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