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Old 09-10-2011, 04:24 PM   #51
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We have recently had an uproar in New Zealand over a book written by a young woman who had two baby twin boys die violently in her care. Both her and her partner were cleared but no one was ever found guilty for the crime - they closed ranks. She has written a book called "Breaking Silence". Major retailers in NZ are refusing to stock it, some say it is censorship, others that she shouldn't profit from the crime. I couldn't find a link to the actual book (presumably because it isn't being sold!) but here's a link to a blog that discusses it.

http://bookiemonster.co.nz/2011/06/b...encing-others/

I think if I was a retailer I would have stocked it and let people make up their own minds. Otherwise it is getting very close to censorship and book banning and we can't go there in 2011.

Edited - actually it wasn't written by the mother of the twins, but it is her story. It was written by a NZ investigative journalist Ian Wishart.

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