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Banned Books Week 2009!
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--- Quote from: TwistedRemedy on 11 Sep 2009, 07:38 ---"Riley, Andy. The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little
Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don’t Want to Live
Anymore."
I feel bad that this one made me laugh.
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Why? Have you ever seen this book? It's all illustrations that are both cute and disturbing. It's hilarious!
AanAllein:
So what's the story behind all these banned books? I didn't open the PDF because it is huge. Like, is some unnecessarily sensitive church group banning these for schools, or in particular states? The whole concept of books like TKAM being banned in the 21st century doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
look out! Ninjas!:
Mostly just stupid parents, who may have heard something from someone who's child heard about the book from somebody else, complaining to the school that these godless works of sin should not be allowed near their children because it may keep their mind open or something
Eris:
Twilight Books Banned from Primary Schools for Being 'Too Racy'
Nodaisho:
The Supernaturalists banned for having to do with the occult? Did they not even open the damn cover? I actually liked that one, now that I look back on it, it is sort of cyberpunk for kids. I would more expect someone to object to the rampant criminal behavior, showing someone that looks like a 6 year old drinking beer, or the overall quite explicit dystopia given the age range it is aimed at. Of course, these people do not appear to act with anything I would recognize as logic.
Probably not going to do anything for Banned Books Week, since I hadn't heard about it beforehand. Maybe just daydream about busting out an R. Lee Ermey impression on someone complaining about a book and saying it should be removed from the library.
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