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Originally Posted by jackm8
Well, most of them on the list were not written 40 years ago, so they could not possibly be available. That's the whole point. Explicit sexual content was never allowed in school libraries. Bans are in place to correct what was always a norm.
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Really? 1925 was less than 40 years ago? 1931 was less than 40 years ago? That makes me feel so much younger. 1984 was less than 40 years ago?
The Great Gatsby,
Brave New World and
The Handmaid's Tale respectively were the three books mentioned in the article link posted by the OP. Heck, two of them were the first books mentioned in the opening paragraph.
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Originally Posted by jackm8
I'm also quite baffled by your lack of understanding of the bans in place. The list is quite clear. Explicit sexual content is restricted up to Grade 12. Non-explicit sexual content is restricted up to grade 9. And then there's a large section of books and comics that are allowed for all grades. It's certain that this was not a political thing, it was clearly a carefully researched project.
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So well researched that the ban has now been limited to books with explicit illustrations.
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Originally Posted by jackm8
Schools became lazy, they've allowed modern books that contain sexual content into libraries, so an overarching directive was put in place.
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And sadly, that directive has now been dropped to, if I remember correctly, 4 books. I will admit that my parents allowed me to read what I wanted. Heck, they even let me read that shrine of pornography called the
Bible with incest, graphic sexualization, etc.