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09/11/2006 12:59:18 AM · #1 |
You know the US has gone one step too far in censorship
when The American Library Association announced in the
25h annual Banned Books Week that the following books
have been pulled from some libraries or schools:
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
The Catcher in the Rye
Garfield: His Nine Lives
The Handmaid's Tale
Harry Potter (entire series)
Little Red Riding Hood
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
To Kill a Mockingbird
This is truly sad when American Literary Classics have been banned,
yet they can fill the airwaves on radio with crap, make kids' video games
revolve around violence and sex and get away with so much profanity
and indecency on regular television.
I love this country. |
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09/11/2006 01:09:35 AM · #2 |
| That garfield is such a bastard! |
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09/11/2006 01:10:23 AM · #3 |
| Good lord... I assume they gave a reason for these decisions. |
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09/11/2006 01:10:32 AM · #4 |
*ponders*
I agree, in concept...but where did you see those specific books as banned?
I know they banned Huck Finn (or at least removed it from recommended reading) years ago. Apparently do the use of racially derogative words. Ironically, the book was considered and abolitionist book on many levels for it's portrayal of a friendship between a white youth and a black man and showing the humanity and equality of soul.
I can't imagine Merriam-Webster's Dictionary being banned?
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09/11/2006 01:24:21 AM · #5 |
| Note that these are not banned by the Library Association, but rather it is a list (assembled by the Association) of specific (outrageous) decisions made by individual libraries, often in schools. |
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09/11/2006 02:27:17 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Note that these are not banned by the Library Association, but rather it is a list (assembled by the Association) of specific (outrageous) decisions made by individual libraries, often in schools. |
I should have made that part of it a little bit clearer.
Hope nobody was already heading out to burn any villages or libraries yet... |
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09/11/2006 02:44:36 AM · #7 |
You make a good point Brad. The censorship on some great American literature is ridiculous, especially since they seem to have no problem letting our kids access violence in video games, television shows, radio, etc.
I too am scratching my head over the banning of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary . Maybe it's because they do not give the street deifination of crack, hoe, smack, etc, but rather give the proper use of those terms?
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09/11/2006 03:43:13 AM · #8 |
One of my online communities has been doing a lot against this banned books issue.. We've been actively encouraging kids to read the books that have been banned. They've been handing out the banned books lists to kids to hand out at schools so people would have the opportunity to know about the censorship being placed on them.
People have been making this avatar on livejournals or getting badges made out of this.
The Most Challenged books.. |
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09/11/2006 03:45:05 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
That garfield is such a bastard! |
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09/11/2006 06:50:19 AM · #10 |
| On my list of potential "things to do after I retire" is to stand outside the school grounds, dressed in an overcoat, handing out books - especically "banned" ones - for kids to read. If kids are told they can't do something, by gosh, they're gonna try to do it. |
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09/11/2006 07:54:20 AM · #11 |
| Little Red Riding Hood was a terrorist. |
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09/11/2006 08:01:42 AM · #12 |
The Handmaids Tale should be required reading for everyone - 16 years old or older.
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09/11/2006 10:12:14 AM · #13 |
| And sit-comms too, such as "Amos n Andy" |
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09/12/2006 04:12:36 PM · #14 |
| When I was in school my favorite book that we had to read was To Kill a Mockingbird! It doesn't make any sence at all to ban books like those, that are classics and that actually teach you something and have a meaning to them when there is so much other stuff out there that people accept as an everyday part of there lives. I agree BradP what has the world come to when a child can buy a video game based on violence and killing or see a movie filled with sex, violence, and profanity. But not read a book that would teach a child something, show them meaning, and teach lessons that they will remember for the rest of there life. It's very sad indeed... |
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09/12/2006 04:23:30 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by BradP:
You know the US has gone one step too far in censorship
when The American Library Association announced in the
25h annual Banned Books Week
This is truly sad when American Literary Classics have been banned,
yet they can fill the airwaves on radio with crap, make kids' video games
revolve around violence and sex and get away with so much profanity
and indecency on regular television.
I love this country. |
I have to agree with you on this... my little brother loved that captain underpaints book.... and it is sad because of all the crap thats on TV and Radio. I mean TV alone is bad now, but they continue to put crap on the airwaves and radio is not much better here in NYC. Videogames are bad and for my little brother my dad and stepmother just dont allow him to play violent games (like gran theft) and when he is with me I wont play it or I dont let him either. But for TV and radio you cant get away from it every damn thing has violence and sex on.
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09/12/2006 04:23:55 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Little Red Riding Hood was a terrorist. |
lol...lol...lol... thats just bad
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09/12/2006 04:24:46 PM · #17 |
| Lets have a challenge that is based on banned childrens books. I predict a lot of fat cat images...lol!! |
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09/12/2006 04:37:53 PM · #18 |
| I'm sure there was a big problem with students huddled at the back of the class gawking at dangling participles in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. In the future nobody will be able to complain about censorship because they won't know how to spell it. :-/ |
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09/12/2006 04:43:20 PM · #19 |
I think I had a dangling particpel particyple participelle participle (thanks Google) removed at the Doctor's office before.... |
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09/12/2006 04:47:45 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by digitalpins:
Originally posted by jhonan:
Little Red Riding Hood was a terrorist. |
lol...lol...lol... thats just bad |
so was Elmer Fudd
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09/13/2006 11:10:09 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
In the future nobody will be able to complain about censorship because they won't know how to spell it. :-/ |
I agree! |
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09/13/2006 11:37:54 AM · #22 |
My wife and son brought home "Walter, the Farting Dog" from the library last night. Although I find the book incredibly funny and enjoyable (and it's a best seller), it's ironic that they have a book with subject matter like that and yet ban some of the literary classics. BTW, it's a good funny read, even for adults.
Edit to add linky
Message edited by author 2006-09-13 11:39:36. |
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