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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
 I never knew all these books were banned.
If they were banned, how come you all are able to read them?
I get more confused every day with this stuff. Who does all this banning?
Are the puritans taking over? |
Depends on where you are. Some of the puritans never left.
Banning generally happens on a local level, based on "community standards". Some person or group decides a title is offensive and moves to have it pulled from libraries/schools/retailers. What's offensive, of course, is in the eye of the beholder, and not everyone may agree.
Often, the moves are aimed at supposedly protecting children from corrupting influences. Books with adult themes or presumed sexual content are favorite targets. I'm cynically certain that most such moves are really intended to protect the
parents. Reading the books might provoke the kid to ask questions Mom and Dad aren't comfortable trying to answer.
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Dennis