Friday, April 30, 2010

DURING THIS PAST "BANNED BOOKS WEEK"

a commenter claimed:
"No books have been banned in the USA for about a half a century. See "National Hogwash Week." It's sad to see American Library Association propaganda so willingly rebroadcast."
Note the helpful link to a website heavy on rhetoric, but light on verifiable fact.

I do so wish she was correct; but unfortunately, happenings like this have been occurring regularly for the entire time frame she notes (follow link for full story):




Censorship is Censorship




(Other Banned book posts here, here, here, here, here, and here.)

2 comments:

  1. Schools removing books for being pervasively vulgar and educationally unsuitable are not practicing censorship. Since you claim I am "heavy on rhetoric, but light on verifiable fact," try this on for size: Board of Education v. Pico.

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  2. cen·sor·ship (sen′sər ship′)

    noun

    1. the act, system, or practice of censoring
    2. the office or term of a Roman censor
    3. the agency by which unpleasant ideas, memories, etc. are kept from entering consciousness

    SUCH AS BY REMOVING BOOKS FROM A LIBRARY

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