Ban The Books - Comments

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Geez, I wrote a three page paper on this subject in 8th grade. Banning books is totally against the constitution. It's taking away the author's freedom of speech. I believe it is the reader's (or reader's parent's) job to decide what they should or shouldn't read.

Okay, if your kid is reading something you don't want them to read, tell them. Don't ban the book. It's practically taking away a freedom of literature. We're allowed to write what ever we want. People get so controlling over these things, next thing you know, 'The Color Purple' will be banned from schools for racism.

What is really the point in banning books? I read somewhere on the website that one of the books is "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" which describes life as a free black family still living in the racist south. It was banned for "insensitivity, racism and offensive language." Total morons! That is why Mildren D Taylor wrote the freaking book! People are afraid of letting people see the truth.
All of these books have important lessons to be learned.
and I personally think it would be alot more comfortable to learn about what others can do then go into the real world not knowing anything about real life.

Books shouldn't be banned
Don't read them if you don't like them

Okay if people dislike certain books then don't read them.
I enjoy reading and most people I know read hate it but they don't stat a anti-book thing.
That is the most stupid thing i've ever seen.

This has to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. They encourage us to read, yet ban certain books? In my opinion, you shouldn't ban any book, because they all contribute to the knowledge of literature in some way or other.

This is crap, they should be encouraging us to read, what more is going to turn us off reading and learning than taking away the few books that are actually interesting. I go to a very gritty school. You are given the responsibility of picking out a book for yourself. Screw everything else, they have no idea how every single "young reader's" mind works.

I didn't even know they were banning books for homosexuality. That's messed up. What about kids that'll question their sexuality? Wouldn't the books help them discover themselves?

If childern are to grow in to adults how are they supposed to do that when things that have been giving them knowledge for centuries are banned, if they are going to find out about this stuff evenutally why not do so in a safe environment from a safe sorce.

this is incredibly stupid. I clicked the link to that site and most of the books were banned because they had homosexuality in it! The top banned book of 2006 was a book about two male penguins who saved an egg and took care of it! This is stupid censorship and it's wrong.

If people have a problem with books and its contents, they shouldn't read it and spoil it for everyone else.

hell, if they're doing that in for books...they'd hate this site! It's got homosexuality written in almost every story, poem and journal on here! I believe that banning books is a waste of time. They know damn good and well that once they ban a book here, its going to probably be avaliable someplace else.

Try, try, try again, succeed not, live and let die...I say.

i truly agree with lorettaleach. I mean not alot of kids nowa days are reading alot u know being caught up on the computer and video games and TV. i mean my cousin dose nothing but go on the computer or what ever and watch mtv, i love her but its sickening that thats all that kids like her and other do nothing but that. I seriously think that there should be a law or a rule against that or something. i seriously think that theres something wrong with banning books. and yeah like loretta said reading a book that might have been banned could have changed some ones like in a positive matter. and they say creativity is always a good thing and not to squash it. Well that right there. Banning books is exactly the opposite. Hypocritical..... I still think its wrong..

I agree with Loretta, how can you encourage us to read but ban the very things that we might find interesting? Some of the reasons are out right crazy! I had to research censorship on music for an essay I did in Language Arts, I must've found three pages of articles on books being banned left and right in schools.

I think kids and parents should have a say no matter what, not just schools trying to do 'what's right'.

My school had a Banned Book Week and I had a banned book checked out from a public library. I was suspended for a week or until the book was banned from the library. >.>

Banning any book is shameful. How can this country encourage kids to read yet ban certain ones and tell them they are out of reach? What one person finds objective could change another persons life in a positive manner. No one should have this type of power to set what is off limits.

We actually took it upon ourselves to read the banned books list for our classes when i was in high school. i think that banning these books take away from the realities of life away from the kids who need to learn it. it will be a shocker when this stuff actually happens

looking at that list, I saw that Of Mice and Men has featured for a few years but not this year, although in england, that book's a key GCSE english coursework book.
and I'm ashamed by the amount of books banned for homosexuality

I have never heard of this! What the fruit?
Better not, literature is a beautiful thing. It is what keeps children sane.
This is a load of bull.