Trouble with words

I first read this in the WritingWorld newsletter, followed their link and had to read what this was all about.

A school in California wanted to ban a dictionary because parents complained of 'racy content' inside. It seems they don't want their children looking up definitions of sexual nature. Well than if the dictionary's a culprit, you might as well ban the Internet, television, advertising, books, magazines and opening your eyes or ears when you step outside. Get over it. Teach your kids common sense instead of pulling them away from the dictionary. At least they'll know how to spell if they shove their heads in one from time to time. Check out http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dictionary27-2010jan27,0,5566022.story for the full story.

Yes, children do need to be protected from some information, however if they know a word, and they look it up in the dictionary than we should be looking at where they got the word or idea from initially, not just where they go to find more information. There are much worse things than a fifth grader looking up a dirty word in the dictionary. What message are you trying to give them? That dictionary's are bad? Come on, here's what will happen.

'Oh gosh what are you reading? Give me that!' mummy hurls herself at the child and grabs the thick dictionary from their small trembling hands.
'It's just f...'
'Stop, don't say that. It's bad.'
So the kid goes to his room, plays computer games, surfs the Internet, gets brainwashed by all the sexual reference on television and is confused about the dictionary. But I thought the dictionary was for learning. Learning is good, right?
Two weeks later.
'Mum how do you spell 'extraordinary'?'
'Check the dictionary.' she calls too busy to move away from cooking chicken nuggets.
'But you said the dictionary is bad.'
'Forget what I said, just look it up.'

My point is that we have double standards for everything. We do what suits us at a given time without thinking it through.

Do we really need to censor everything? Are bored people running out of things to pick at? Do you think all the naughty language should be taken out of the dictionary?