Banning Books

Banned where, and by whom.

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Angel, Roger is the pragmatic type, my dear, but in a way he is right. Nothing is so alluring as an X rated movie or a book that has been banned.

As for me, I don't believe that any book should be banned, just supervised. Of course when they are on the required reading list in a public school, that's a book of another color. (excuse the hashed metaphor). Usually, I sent a note home to the parents asking if they had any strong objection to the student reading a particular book.

It's an offer to sell Tom Sawyer, Alice in Wonderland, et.al. in conjunction with Amazon.com.

I think, Rog, that Angel was just showing us the books that had been banned, and she is definitely right, because I experienced the situation several times. Also, add Kipling to the list simply because of his poem, Take up the White Man's Burden.

You are all right.

I think some books should be banned, and some should not. Then again, so many people with so many different believes it would be a hard choice to make.

They should ban pornography, and some of the violent games and movies kids see. But, because they are money makers they don't.

Anything for money, how sad.

As a homeschooling mom, I don't see the point of banning a book. If a book is controversial, and is wanted for a school class, why not use Letty's approach, and inform parents, and maybe even invite them to sit on a few class discussions. I know a lot of homeschooling parents who are just scared to death their child will be exposed to evil material and encouraged to emulate bad behavior in whatever book they're studying. What I've always done is pay attention to what books my kids check out at the library. If I don't know about the content, I might offer to read it first. There's been a few times I've told them to put a book back, but not many. I'd much rather they experienced something vicarously through a book, than first hand through ignorance. Besides, we talk about books we're reading, and I get a pretty good idea what they're getting from whatever they're reading..
So far, no one had begged me to buy them cape and wand so they can attend Hoggwarts with the other wizards, so I think they're ok!

I know what you mean Vicki. I learned a few things from Theresa Morris of the New York City Home Educators Alliance, I was doing a paper for my class. I found some of the parents a bit too paranoid. Some would not allow their children to play with other children if they watched television. People can go to extremes.

Hey I'm a Harry Potter Fan *giggles*

oh, I have these neighbors who also home school and who also go to my church...I'll tell you about them when I get back from town..my dear daughter needs me to pick her up...brb

Nothing should be banned. Not one book, song, movie...unless it breaks a law (ie snuff films).

Bella Dea, what is a snuff film? I like your quote. lol

Hey, all. C.I. has a thread about this very same thing.

You know Bella Dea, I was thinking of those films a few minutes before you posted, but I did not know thats what they were called.

Where Letty?

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52919

Thanks Letty

I guess I don't need to tell you what a snuff film is then, huh? :wink:

These neighbors have become involved with an ultra-conservative Christian organization that also has homeschooling curriculum. They believe that we shouldn't expose our kids to tv, most movies, any music with a rock beat, and certainly no literature with magical elements of any kind..
Soo.. these boys would come over and go through my older girl's music and tell them how evil it all was and how they shouldn't be listening to it.. then they started in about the Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and of course, Harry Potter books and movies. They even went so far as to say that too much reading was bad for people anyway! One Sunday, after church they were spouting this rot to my kids and another boy(who has since moved back to England), in front of this British boy's godfather... They were saying that Tolkien wasn't even a Christian anyway, and that LOTR ws evil, and reading was bad, etc.. Sam turned to Uncle Fulton(I like to call him The Scottish Godfather!) and asked him if that was true. Fulton said that of course Tolkien was a Christian, he just not a Protestant believer. When Sam asked what that meant, Fulton never missed a beat, he said it mean Tolkien wasn't a Presbyterian!
Anyway, you see what I mean about cencorship.. it's not just in the libraries and public schools..I think it's something we have to fight on many fronts. The church is just another venue. Even there, I can' see why people should be afraid of a book. It's one thing to choose to protect your kids from innappropriate material, but to ban a book is to give it more power than it would have had if left alone. If a topic is controversial, let's get it aired and move on.

Yes Bella, some people say that those are real murders.

I see what you mean Vicki. No wonder kids are so confused today. Check out the other thread, Letty posted the link.

There are a number of real books, easily acquired by kids, that give detailed instructions on how to make various explosives. These are books that can be gotten at gun shows and over the internet. As one who handles explosives alot, I would have the law that governs kiddy porn be extended to include making and using explosives . The pros have licenses and we are asked to account for every gram of explosive , caps, det cords etc. Yet there are recipes for many heavy duty explosives that can be made from household products and a few other ingredients . I get really hinky about kids making C-4 or napalm in their home kitchens.
Those books should be made extremely difficult to acquire.
Anything else I suppose, should be protected