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Grex > Books > #76: Have You Read Any Banned Books Lately? | |
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bookworm
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response 19 of 25:
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Jun 28 04:44 UTC 1999 |
Depends on the emotional maturity of the ten year old.
Jon was reading the Newspaper at ten and that has lots more violence in
it than the average novel.
In any case, I still think that if parents want their child not to read
certain books they should monitor their child's library visits, not try
to pass laws that restrict books from entering the library.
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lilmo
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response 20 of 25:
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Jun 29 00:06 UTC 1999 |
Re resp:16 - You are misreading resp:12 but I'm not surprised. It took
me almost a whole minute, staring at it and resp:10 to figure out what was
said, and I'm the one that wrote it!! :-) There seem to be too many canceling
negatives for it to be obvious what was meant.
What I was trying to say was that it seems to be much more likely to be
against the spirit of the law for public libraries to refuse to stock items
than for school libraries to do so. That is, I think it would be easier to
use the courts to force a public library to carry something than a school
library. I think that it is clear that children need protection.
Does that make more sense?
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bookworm
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response 21 of 25:
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Jun 30 18:01 UTC 1999 |
My point exactly, lilmo. Very well put.
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orinoco
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response 22 of 25:
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Jun 30 22:23 UTC 1999 |
Ah. I see. I must've missed one o' them negatives....
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lilmo
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response 23 of 25:
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Jul 8 20:35 UTC 1999 |
Like I said, I'm not surprised, DV.
Thank you, bookworm.
So, have you read any banned books lately? :-)
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swa
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response 24 of 25:
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Sep 24 03:50 UTC 1999 |
It occurs to me that most of the books I've read that I know have been
banned and frequently censored, I read in my public high school.
Interesting, that.
The only banned book I'm especially planning to read is _The Satanic
Verses_. I read another Rushdie book that I much enjoyed, and am curious
as to what the fuss is all about with this one. Not sure if I'll get
around to it anytime soon, though...
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lilmo
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response 25 of 25:
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Sep 25 01:59 UTC 1999 |
Well, let us know how it goes, when it does, OK?
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