Banning books
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Re: Banning books
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I'm sure there are a great many who would disagree with me, and I don't have all the answers. You can't defend Huck Finn while condemning Dorian Gray. But I think there are enough classic works of fiction that are benign enough to demonstrate literature as an art form while not antagonizing anyone's moral code or system of values. The decision to read anything else, outside of a classroom, belongs to the individual.
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There is no legitimate reason to ban books. Even if there were it would set such an awful precedent that eventually the bad would outweigh any good that could be achieved by the banning of the book.
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I guess for aussie-reader's statement, I would need clarification. When I think of child pornography, I have a tendency to think that would fall more into the categories of more visual items, such as pictures, movies, etc. However there are several books out there that are about incidents that could be described as child pornography, such as an author writing a memoir about an abusive childhood; two young boys exploring their bodies together; a young girl finding her dad's playboy or mom's dirty pics and learning to please herself; teens having sex; soldiers raping young children, etc. Should books with that type of information be banned, as someone reading it may construe that as child pornography?Aussie-reader wrote:No type of book at all? Not even child pornography?lindsey032006 wrote:I don't believe any type of book should be banned, if people don't like the books then they shouldn't read them.
Some may be a bit farfetched, but I think it all depends on your beliefs, morals and values, and how you were raised. Such as the Christians and Harry Potter, its up to the parents to inform their children that this is fiction and not a reality (which some people can say about Christianity, but I digress). Or like someone said, explaining that Huck Finn or Uncle Tom's Cabin was written during or about a time when such things happened, or people were called the n word, but that it is not acceptable now.
Yes there are going to be books and stories that a parent wouldn't want their child to read, and if so that's a parents choice, but it would be beneficial to talk to a child about why you don't want them to read it, and that maybe when their a bit older or more mature, they can read it then. Plus, nowadays, if they really want to, they are going to find a way to get their hands on it, and in my personal opinion, I would rather my child get the correct information about something, that she can later form her own educated decision about, then letting her friends or others fill her mind up with half truths and nonsense.
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We don't live in a anarchical society, some of you will bristle at that and say you can't have a society and anarchy. And I think you would be right. So if we do not reside in anarchy then some rules need to be set by someone. Again there is a problem there; who sets the rules? If the people responsible for setting the rules are following what appears to be a democratic path, then surely they have a right to ban books that seek to harm the society.
For example: a book on how to build a bomb and where to put it in shopping centre to gain maximum casualties. Perhaps that should be banned even though it is probably available online. A book encouraging child abuse and how to do it and not get caught. Perhaps another book that ought to be banned. But then we are on a slippery slope. At what point do we grab the rail to stop us slipping further down the slope into banning something because it reflects badly on those who rule?
In my opinion we can't simply say anything goes and not ban anything. On the other hand we need to keep a close watch on those doing the banning.
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