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smith ,Stomping His Feet [message #4652]

Sun, 29 September 2002 17:02

smith

On fire!

Registered: January 1970
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The American Library Association has listed the year's top 10 banned books with this slogan: Let Freedom Read! Read A Banned Book!
Remember the book Fahrenheit 451 where the people were forbidden to read and so they memorized the books, became the stories?
It is better, they say: in 1981 there were 900 books challenged and in 2001 there were 448.
Here are the top ten:
1. Harry Potter - J.P.Rowling wizardry and magic
*2. Of Mice & Men - John Steinbeck offensive language
*3. The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier offensive language
*4. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou sexual content, offensive language, racism, violence
5. Summer of my German Soldier - Bette Green racism, offensive language,sexually explicit
*6. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger offensive language
*7. Alice Series - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor- sexually explicit,offensive language
8. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous sexually explicit, offensive language, drug use
*9. Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers - offensive language
*10. Blood & Chocolate - Annette Curtis Klause sexually explicit
(* is inappropriate for age group *** that's ME !! )

I've only read 1,2,4 & 6.......I am going to read the rest!!
smith

		smith ,Stomping His Feet By: smith on Sun, 29 September 2002 17:02
		smith, I have a few qeustions .... By: kevin on Sun, 29 September 2002 17:57
		Kevin By: smith on Sun, 29 September 2002 21:12
		Re: Kevin By: kevin on Mon, 30 September 2002 19:08
		Banned somewhere in the world I guess, not the US? By: lenny on Sun, 29 September 2002 17:59
		Most books are banned in the US By: e on Sun, 29 September 2002 20:51
		My school library By: timmy on Sun, 29 September 2002 19:18
		Re: smith ,Stomping His Feet By: Guest on Sun, 29 September 2002 19:59
		Re: smith ,Stomping His Feet By: ien on Sun, 29 September 2002 20:08
		Re: smith ,Stomping His Feet By: ron on Mon, 30 September 2002 11:27
		Underage girl leaves home to enter... By: charlie on Tue, 01 October 2002 00:34
		Re: Underage girl leaves home to enter... By: warren c. e. austin on Tue, 01 October 2002 06:10
		OK, I AM going to get some of you cross here By: timmy on Mon, 30 September 2002 13:07
		Re: OK, I AM going to get some of you cross here By: Steve on Mon, 30 September 2002 13:41
		not so By: timmy on Mon, 30 September 2002 13:49
		The banning of books By: e on Mon, 30 September 2002 14:15
		Re: The banning of books By: ron on Mon, 30 September 2002 19:04
		Defining "Community Standards" By: warren c. e. austin on Mon, 30 September 2002 20:59
		One minor amendment By: mihangel on Mon, 30 September 2002 22:14
		Re: One minor amendment By: warren c. e. austin on Tue, 01 October 2002 03:21
		Re: Defining "Community Standards" By: ron on Mon, 30 September 2002 23:27
		Re: Defining "Community Standards" By: warren c. e. austin on Tue, 01 October 2002 06:03
		Warren, I MUST believe that your wrong ...... By: kevin on Tue, 01 October 2002 06:32
		Yes, you did. By: lenny on Mon, 30 September 2002 13:53
		Well i do not govern the library By: timmy on Mon, 30 September 2002 14:17
		Re: Well i do not govern the library By: ron on Mon, 30 September 2002 23:18
		Thank you, Lenny, for making my point better than I did myself! By: Steve on Mon, 30 September 2002 14:31
		Re: Yes, you did. By: ron on Mon, 30 September 2002 19:05
		To all who posted on this thread ... By: kevin on Mon, 30 September 2002 20:05
		Re: To all who posted on this thread ... By: Guest on Mon, 30 September 2002 21:29
		Re: To all who posted on this thread ... By: mike on Tue, 01 October 2002 21:18
		Re: To all who posted on this thread (including smith)... By: ron on Mon, 30 September 2002 23:40
		must be those clouds in my eyes By: smith on Tue, 01 October 2002 00:39
		Censoring What I Read By: smith on Mon, 30 September 2002 20:59
		Re: Censoring What I Read By: ron on Tue, 01 October 2002 02:34
		Something for all to read..... Please By: marc on Mon, 30 September 2002 23:19
		Still the great debate goes on ..... By: kevin on Tue, 01 October 2002 03:45
		I did consider the poor..... By: marc on Tue, 01 October 2002 11:14
		Re: I did consider the poor..... By: kevin on Tue, 01 October 2002 15:23
		I know, you are advocating free speach..... By: marc on Wed, 02 October 2002 07:53
		I think that this is a most welcome and fruitful discussion. By: Steve on Tue, 01 October 2002 06:19
		Re: smith ,Stomping His Feet By: ashley on Tue, 01 October 2002 06:39
		No absolutes By: trevor on Tue, 01 October 2002 09:23
		Yes Trevor, age restriction, not banning By: kevin on Tue, 01 October 2002 15:25
		Not much difference By: e on Wed, 02 October 2002 04:53
		Thanks 'e' ... timmy that common ground I spoke of ...... By: kevin on Wed, 02 October 2002 11:00
		Re: No absolutes By: mike on Tue, 01 October 2002 21:31

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