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Banned Books Week 2009!
Surgoshan:
--- Quote from: AanAllein on 11 Sep 2009, 18:09 ---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.
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1) Sex. If it has sex in it, then it's evil and must be banned.
2) The occult. If it has magic in it then it's satanic and must be banned.
3) Homosexuality. Fuck it, man, queers are evil and must be banned.
4) Wangst. If the main character is whiny, then he's a satanist and must be banned.
satsugaikaze:
Whoever banned Brave New World must be living in the fuckin' 40s or something. Hell, it's still part of Australian syllabi. And To Kill a Mockingbird? This banning shit is something I'd expect imposed on 10-year-olds living in Nazi Germany.
Lines:
Did you see why they tried to ban it though? Because some parent thought it would upset black kids. Not upset just anyone, but only black kids.
Surgoshan:
--- Quote from: satsugaikaze on 12 Sep 2009, 07:17 ---To Kill a Mockingbird?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird#Challenges_and_bans
Essentially, it started as a mix of "we don't like negros" and "we don't like frank descriptions of rape" and evolved to a mix of "we don't like bad words" and "we don't like frank descriptions of rape".
Tom:
The liberalness of Australia relative to other English-speaking countries constantly comes as a surprise to me. I've read like at least one of those banned books each year for high-school.
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