Banned! Books You Won’t Find In Your Public Library…
The ten most controversial books
The Economist July 22nd on line article talks about the ten most controversial books and for the second year in a row two penguins are the subject of the censor’s ire. “And Tango Makes Three” about two male penguins who adopt an egg to make a family is the top book of choice to have tossed out. The are others you can check out in this article in The Economist.
Every year the American Library Association releases their list of Banned Books for the year (Check out the link at American library Association: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.cfm) . Each library and bookstore sets up special displays to educate readers just what material is on the list. Many readers are shocked, others are not surprised, but all are amazed at how those individuals will work hard to make these books shunned from their communities.
One year at our public library, some of the books were found in a sort of adult movie style booth complete with a black curtain and a sign outside saying “Must Be Over 18 to Enter”. Imagine my surprise when I found the books they had displayed; imagine my disappointment when the Madonna SEX book not inside. Oh well.
So what does this mean for a web savvy people who read most of their material on-line? It means if you care one iota about freedom of speech and the power of a book or tome do all you can to support you local public library or bookstore.
These places make available the stories and ideas we love and appreciate; these are the places who allow countering views equal ground to challenge conventional thinking. Sadly the members of the religious sect who complained the loudest still every Halloween Night burn anything with “Satan’s Mark” in a bonfire.
They won’t give ideas a chance or the room to grow their world. They won’t even take the time to know where the author was going and why they wrote what they did. Out of sight, out of mind is the mantra they hold to. But if you burn the book with the idea, does it mean the idea really dies?
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