What do you think about book banning?
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Book banning is censorship and occurs most likely in schools and libraries.\n\nMany books that are banned are books about magic and spells - although not all of them are.\n\nIf you wonder why today's young people are so fascinated with them (magic and spells) it's because they were not exposed to them early in life with their parent's engaging them in conversations about it.\n\nI was exposed to magic and witchcraft through books and magazines before I was 12. Friends and I tries spells, which failed  - of course. I left that all behind long, long time ago.\n\nNot exposing children to certain subjects ONLY means they will be exposed as adults and may develop a fascination with them that can last for years.\n\nOf course the people who follow certain Christian faiths don't think about that and only blindly follow their current leader. So they contact the local school board and libraries and demand these books be banned.\n\nIf their are a large number of people demanding banning and no-one opposing the ban, then the books get pulled until enough people get pissed about the banning and petition them back on the shelves.\n\nA bookstore owner may pull these titles off of the shelf so that  they can continue to do business in a community. But, more often than not they WILL order books for customers. \n\nSince you can order almost any book online nowadays, book banning returns to it's roots of localized stupidity.
212644
I think restaurants should ban it, but certain bars should be allowed to have certain smoking sections. Full bans hurt the business.
156615
Where was it banned? and Who banned it?  Where are you getting your information?
936453
This is the first I have heard of this book..... from the article sounds like it would be a great book for kids.   Why people would be bothered by this book is truly puzzling, I mean honestly it's a book for kids so they can understand at their level about illegal immigration.  This just made the shopping list for gifts.\nGood post DAR.
569582
I think whomever told you about Fahrenheit 451 must have confused you with the subject of the story, since it is about books being outlawed and an individual who tries to save them.\n\nSeveral books have been banned in the U.S, among them James Joyce's Ulysses, considered one of the best novels of the 20th century. Many other books have been banned in smaller communities, even recently, anymore those tend to be isolated incedents, I'd like to think in this day and age State or Federal authorities wouldn't be able to wholesale ban something based on 1st amendment rights. The link below from the University of Pennsylvania outlines some bannings, not only in the United States but abroad as well.
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Because they never read the books. Because it's about witches/wizards, they think it must be anti-christian. If you read the books, theres no mention of paganism ir anything like it. They don't get that it's a fiction book. I think that if it'll get kids to read and be excited about it then it can't be that bad. It's just a fun book. If they're going to ban Harry Potter, why won't they ban Snow White and all the other kids things with fantasy in them?
619072
Absolutely!  While we're at it, lets ban all forms of debate.  That free speech can be a dangerous thing so we better ban that too.  I know a few dangerous books that I would like to ban and I'm sure you'll agree that it would be for the good of us all.  Oh there's so much evil in the world I don't know where to start.
376770
I agree...I report them for abuse if they do not follow the community guidelines.  There are kids who read these things too!
626695
Harry Potter is fictional.  Some Christians wanted to ban that as well, due to sorcery.  Then Shouldn't they have wanted to ban The allegorical "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe." as well?
897419
Of course I'm appalled... but that's the ACLU.  Their origins were sound and reasonable... but they have crossed into areas that are amusing/appalling !!\n\nThe ACLU will defend anyones right to their interpretation of "free-speech":  the Klan, White Supremicists, Islamic Terrorists...\n\nThen again... it's nice to have a counter to the Religious Right who wish to ban: Harry Potter books, Catcher in the Rye, etc.
361524
No... I do not think they should be banned. Why? What is the point, if you ban the bra, then someone will just come up with a different way to do it anyways...
223134
I support the right to publish the toons.  But with free speech you need to have respect and restraint.  You should publish something just because you can.  So if the material is disrespectful, or offensive, you need to be sure that's what you want to do...in this case it feels like they just published them to see if they could get a rise out of people. That's wrong.
432957
I think it just prepares kids for censorship in the rest of the world. It teaches them that unpopular words or opinions shouldnt be spoken, which is a horrible thing to teach a kid. Free speech should be allowed everywhere. No more bleeping (or starring) of the word f*ck no more deforming peoples songs because they dont fit with mainstream ideas, no more teaching kids that their opinions must be mainstream or theyre not valid. I believe we are going to end up with a country full of mindless sheep incapable of forming their own opinions if we keep going like this...\n\n\nPeace
849820
Haven't read it in a while, but without having the book with me, I'd say books in general are classified information. Since nobody is allowed access to them, they are the uber-classified stuff. But hopefully someone has the book and might find a specific example.
851308
I'm getting to the point that I cannot read or watch anything with violence in it, especially to children and animals. I had to stop reading horror books about 30 years ago because of that, and now I am just unable to watch a movie or any tv where there is violence especially involving children and animals. So I guess that's my personal taboo. \n\nI think people should talk about everything, and not be afraid to talk about everything.
1087380
As a public school librarian (K-8) I feel it is important to make available all books. However, budget constraints force me to choose mostly books that appeal to the most students. Captain Underpants may not be my choice for a student to read, however, if the students are asking for this title I will order it. What tends to drive my selection more is not self censorship but pressure from parents not to shelve a certain title. I try to preview  most titles for objectionable words, etc. and go from there. When I have a complaint from a parent I remind them that it is easier for them to check their child's book when they get home than for me to know what is acceptable for 500 plus students. An interesting thing to consider is the reverse, do we tend to pick books that appeal to us as a reader? I am a big Civil War buff and my library happens to have a dandy selection of books in the 970 Dewey decimal catagory!!!
527806
I think people need to PUT DOWN THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE, AND SLOWLY BACK AWAY! lol.