tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839646920915128083.post8461229527404950332..comments2023-12-22T01:00:05.754-08:00Comments on Pensuasion: Banned Book Week 2014 S. L. Hennessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06514651403542719387noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839646920915128083.post-7202295132570874072014-09-25T02:36:09.956-07:002014-09-25T02:36:09.956-07:00Captain Underpants. I'm shaking my head. A lot...Captain Underpants. I'm shaking my head. A lot of my faves are on your list and I recently picked up the Hunger Games. TBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12062603677194826834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839646920915128083.post-12066647265344952014-09-25T02:13:45.913-07:002014-09-25T02:13:45.913-07:00So can't imagine not having read these books. ...So can't imagine not having read these books. Many of them I loved. Sad how people get so bent out of shape and work on banning them. Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839646920915128083.post-67626971350997983402014-09-24T12:01:59.356-07:002014-09-24T12:01:59.356-07:00I hate, and I meant hate, censorship in any form. ...I hate, and I meant hate, censorship in any form. It is a crime that people have this type of power. How dare they tell me what I am allowed to read and not read. If I want to read Marquis De Sade's Juliette, I will.It is my freedom to do so and freedom i hold dear. I get this from my mom who did witness book burnings. She grew up in Germany during Hitler years and, she recalled how, at first, The Nazis banned pornography and what they deemed as bad(I am certain jewish authors were in there). The average person didn't want their children to be able to read about sex and see explicit photos so it seemed agreeable but once that power was in force, it went to many other great works. She always stated it starts with what people feel is the proper thing to do but power corrupts and before one knows it, beautiful works are banned. If the cost of censorship is one's freedom then censorship should be outlawed. Teach the parents what is good and not until the child can make their own decision. If we have the freedom to not read the book then it is our choice. My mom's words were profound especially since she had to hide her books. She even saw people's photo albums being burned because the nazis felt something in the photos was wrong for them to see-how sad. Later she saw the same thing from the Russians since she lived in East Germany after the war before she escapedBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839646920915128083.post-78550902386950395722014-09-24T09:49:04.176-07:002014-09-24T09:49:04.176-07:00I never quite believed in banning books. I think w...I never quite believed in banning books. I think we shelter children a little too much, and that many kids can either 1) deal with this material or 2) come across it and realize they can't. Personally, I believe parents are just scandalized by the topics here because they see them as intense for a child even if the child doesn't. Things happen out there (like topless beaches in Where's Waldo - a banned book) and books teach them how to deal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12106399041059595196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839646920915128083.post-35477917979564256072014-09-24T06:49:09.964-07:002014-09-24T06:49:09.964-07:00Sadly, even today publishers worry about books bei...Sadly, even today publishers worry about books being too edgy. It's amazing the books that have been banned. I love Fahrenheit 451--scary how much our world resembles that one, especially with the big wall-sized TVs.Shell Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127004188099765270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839646920915128083.post-4643235733854615312014-09-24T03:48:51.480-07:002014-09-24T03:48:51.480-07:00It's the result of both fear and laziness. I s...It's the result of both fear and laziness. I say the latter because it's easier for parents to just eliminate all the potential bad than actually get involved in their kids' lives.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com