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Banned Books Week starts today

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  • 21-09-2003 11:23am
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    MarcusGarvey
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    This is the week where the ALA comes out fighting, by raising awareness, against the constant attempts at censorship from ideologues, religious groups, anti-free speech types, etc. Top 100 challenged books here.


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    Hip
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    Top 100 challenged books here.

    I thought that maybe I'd see Henry Miller or Burroughs or Kerouac in the list, but Harper Lee?? Mark Twain?? Roald Dahl??

    The world has gone crazy.


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    simu
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    Depressing reading. No, we can't possibly try explaining to adolescents what's happening to their bodies. Let them believe all sorts of crazy old wives' tales instead! Grrrr...


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    The Beer Baron
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    "Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than...
    "Oh please Montag...we don't need books anymore. We have Fox News, Jackass and a fresh, original Reality TV shows. The President feels that books are offensive to the literarily-challenged."
    "Literarily- is that even a word."
    "The President said it- it must be."
    "Does that mean people who can't read? Or who don't want to read?"
    "No no no, we can reed- taht's y we hav teh internet- LOL!

    I've never seen the point of censorship- anything portrayed in books, films, TV, music and video games is nowhere near as violent or ugly as the real world- or are they trying to censor that too?


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    JohnK
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    Makes you wonder what happened to the land of free speech.


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    echomadman
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    This site has a lot of links and references about the whole book banning/censorship situation in the US.
    Librarians Are Corrupting Kids

    It would be hilarious if it wasn't so depressing.


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    Nevyn
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    books dont get banned over here they just never get published or " Carried " by the book stores.


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    Manach
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    Just to spoil your fit of moral indigation at religous groups, the Bible itself has been banned in numerous times & places.


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