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banned book list. what do you think about it?

what do you think about the banned book list.

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1. Which banned book list are you referring to? I think when any group bans books it says instantly that they are afraid of something, or have something to hide.
2. Banned books are a dictator type regime. I had a math teacher in high school who wrote a math book that was banned, because the cover featured women in bathing suits, kinda funny. Mr. Izzy was a genius when it came to math, but it was banned because of the cover, kinda funny if you ask me.
3. I've lived in places where they regularly ban books, and I can personally tell you that once you start banning books you are on a very bad road. A very bad road indeed. I find the whole idea of book banning in the US to be very troubling. Especially as it is often used as a means of silencing alternative views and perspective. Banned book lists in the US largely exist to stifle free debate and to try to enforce artificial boundaries on society. They aren't so much a list of banned books as they are a ideas that the book banners are afraid of. There are only two good reasons to ban a book 1) Because it promotes violence and/or sexual abuse (EG a terrorist handbook, or a date rape guide) 2) Because the writer has committed criminal defamation (EG the writer making a blatantly untrue accusation).
4. The banned book list is savage
5. I DON'T BELIEVE IN BANNING BOOKS! It's bad it's bad it's baaaadddddd. If you're old enough to read, and old enough to get your hands on it, then you're old enough to read it. The only exception is porn-ish books, because I don't really think 5 year olds should be reading that stuff... But I doubt they'd have access to those. Otherwise, it's no exceptions...To Kill a Mockingbird was a reccurring item on banned book lists, and where would the world be without it?! In the dark ages! (Hahaha, sorry, I'm a strong believer.)