Banned Book Week

[w666]

This week is Banned Book Week. Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.......check it out:

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocac...week/index.cfm

Help make the world a better place by resisting those narrow minded pin-heads who seek to rid our libraries of "objectionable" material.
Here are some examples:

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocac...nned/index.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocac...1999/index.cfm

SK himself has the distinction of being one of the most frequently challenged authors in this incessant battle:

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocac...hors/index.cfm

[Sundrop]

I was just talking to a friend of mine about banned books over the weekend. She was all for it until I explained why I feel it is wrong to ban books.....now, she's reconsidering her opinion.

[w666]

Well, I guess if she's your friend, then perhaps my "narrow minded pin-head" assignation might be too strong.....let's just stick with "narrow minded" in this case

[Kim L.]

Thanks for posting this, W666; I always forget what week it is. Do you work in a bookstore or library, perchance?

[Sundrop]

Well, I guess if she's your friend, then perhaps my "narrow minded pin-head" assignation might be too strong.....let's just stick with "narrow minded" in this case

Hahaha! Well, since she's re-thinking her opinion, I've gotta giver her credit for being a little open minded.....

[bopropadop]

Challenged books from 2008 honored during Banned Books Week. See this link and then feel free to share your thoughts.

I'll kick off the thread with a grateful nod toward events such as these as well as a reaffirmation, in my mind, that censorship begins and ends with a parent. Let me decide what my child can read.

Please discuss.

[tempest]

Banned Books Week (September 26 -- October 3), I took a quiz to see which classic novels of the 20th century have also been banned or challenged.

Take the quiz to find out for yourself.


https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageSe...n4a324.app217a

[michal]

Can you ban books in the States? I thought that was against the 1st amendment. But what do I know? My country has no constitution, but no book is banned unless it encourages hate and violence against a specific group or person. And now that I think of it, we even have plenty of those in our book stores...

How does the old saying goes?
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president of US 1953-1961 (1890 - 1969)

I love that one.

[Moderator]

Banning here usually only happens in school settings. They are not typically banned in public libraries. Whether a retailer chooses to have a book in their inventory is up to them so that would be more a choice not to promote it than an outright ban although the result is the same, i.e. it's not available to the public at that location.

[poisonbat]

I have several banned books in my collection. They are at peace here and I have found many treasures between their covers.