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Marc, I am speaking of more than just the poor. Really it is what 'WE' difine as public domain. I think it's important to express a view that something should not be banned, just as these religeous groups express the view that they should be banned.
Are my/our views less valid?
I think not.
If I remain silent, then only one point of view is heard, and I/we lose.
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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Succint but my views entirely
Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words
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Having read the rest of the comments and as I commented on Tim's... posting I am against banning I will go along with these sentiments
Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words
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Age restriction and banning are similar though not entirely the same. Banning a book from an elementary school library because it is too mature for the student is basically an age restriction. While restricting access to a book in a public library, is quite different than banning it altogether.
I stated before that parents should have the ability to control what their children have access to. But it must be kept within certain limits when discussing banning and/or restricting books in a school and/or public library. I can see no satisfactory reason to ban Harry Potter because of magic and wizardry even in an elementary school library. On the other hand, if my story "Into the Lion's Den" were a book, I would have no problem at all with seeing it banned from that same library. It is not intended for children that age.
Perhaps a better solution would be for such libraries to allow parents to submit lists of books they would prefer their children not have access to and have the library not allow a child to check out that particular book.
A school system could then decide which books are appropriate for students in that system. Then parents could object to their own child being allowed to read some of those books. With computer technology, it should not be too difficult to maintain such a system.
A school library could then ban a book like "Into the Lion's Den" while stocking Harry Potter and restricting access when a parent requests it.
This idea is not likely to go over too well since it would require parental participation in a child's education.
Think good thoughts,
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But whatever you are advocating, it does not preclude the fact that reading material obtained in a publicly accessable library will be scrutinized.
After all, a library has alot of books, but by no means do they have all books.
I'll just do it the easy way and go to the store.
The reality is that no matter how you/we whine about it it is going to happen. Either we get the material through the side door or we go without.
Youre choice.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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