While generally I am against the banning of any books, there are some that shouldn't be allowed in any school. Books on bombmaking and How to Cheat At Cards are two good example that come to mind.:lol:
Books That Should Be Banned In Schools
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Reefer Madness. From that book you learn just how much the government relies on progaganda to scare you of the bogeyman. Hmm ... on second thought, maybe it's a keeper!
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I don't think books period should be banned. Once you slap a ban on a book people will be looking for the book more. Banning brings it more to the public attention instead of letting it sit on a shelf untouched.
I bought them on DVD in a Walmart a couple yearss ago for $5.00, money well spent.:lol:
Religious texts are about the only books that should be banned from schools in my opinion... they'll do much more damage to children then something of "questionable taste"
Banned? Why? There should be a warning label on it to warn you that it is deeply disturbing, but I would not want it banned.
You must be a hundred years old. Rest assured, kids still read. Harry Potter et al show us that reading even among the whippersnappers is alive and well.
A hundred? Only feel it sometimes. Most kids (the ones who can be bothered reading) are more sensible than the responsible adults who want to ban books.
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I'd ban all the books by Dostoevsky, each and every one of them. Very harmful reading, in my opinion. Especially for teenagers. I read most of his novels at the time when I was 15-19, and now I wish I hadn't done it. If I ever have children, I will make sure they read their first Dostoevsky novel only after they retire.
Here is a list of banned books from different countries for different reasons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_books
Censorship has a place in our world of freedoms and liberties. Some stuff needs to be banned from all places but a very few, and that select number an area to see why it is that this stuff needs to be removed from public consumption.
For example, kiddie porn and snuff porn. While we talk about the local library we really mean the world wide library in that there isn't really anyone who needs to access this material as there is no benefit at all from viewing it.
And there is the slippery slope. Who picks what is inappropriate, under what criteria, and how do you exempt that from being abused or usurped by those who would tamper with the distribution of information for political gain or empowerment over the public?
For example, kiddie porn and snuff porn. While we talk about the local library we really mean the world wide library in that there isn't really anyone who needs to access this material as there is no benefit at all from viewing it.
And there is the slippery slope. Who picks what is inappropriate, under what criteria, and how do you exempt that from being abused or usurped by those who would tamper with the distribution of information for political gain or empowerment over the public?