My hero...?

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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylv=3?qid=20090305151758AA7dWwd

If this isn't the appropriate place to post this, tell me, but I had to show this to someone. Dang. Being as attached to stories as I am, censorship and book banning just get me, and this sort of heroism makes my year.

[Tank]

Interesting. I buy banned books automatically 

[Asmodean]

Hmm... Does a school even have the right to ban personal use of certain printed material?  ???

[Siz]

Now I'm no child psychologist, but a list of banned books...??  Duh!

[Guardian85]

Absolutely fan-damn-tastic!

I am completly opposed to the banning of books and anyone who condones or practices it.
I mean seriously! If your belief system is so weak that you cannot condone of kids even reading a dissentiong opinion, then it is time to re-evaluate your beliefs.

Somebody give this kid a prize! Or a cookie.

[hismikeness]

Twilight is banned also, but I don't want that polluting my library.

Beautiful.

[Ali]

Now I'm no child psychologist, but a list of banned books...??  Duh!

LOL  This is what I was thinking; if you want to guarantee interest in a book, ban it! 

[Too Few Lions]

What an awful school, I thought the Catholics had given up on banning books years ago, but old habits die hard I guess. I'm glad to see Fahrenheit 451 hasn't made it onto their blacklist yet, that would be a good book for all the students (and teachers) to read.

[John_5.0]

There should be more stories like this circulated. Its good to see someone doing what is right! Banning books is so ridiculous..

[Guardian85]

There should be more stories like this circulated. Its good to see someone doing what is right! Banning books is so ridiculous..

Actually, one could easily make the argument that banning a book is in fact a form of breach of the freedom of speech. When you ban a book from a certain part of the population, you are removing the authors ability to express his opinion and ideas to that part of the population.

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There should be more stories like this circulated. Its good to see someone doing what is right! Banning books is so ridiculous..

Actually, one could easily make the argument that banning a book is in fact a form of breach of the freedom of speech. When you ban a book from a certain part of the population, you are removing the authors ability to express his opinion and ideas to that part of the population.

I suppose one could make the argument that, oh, the kids could read those books on their own time, but considering it's a Catholic school, the students' parents might also forbid their children from reading whatever's on the list.

[Guardian85]

A school that doesn't encourage it's students to read should be ashamd of itself.

[John_5.0]

Actually, one could easily make the argument that banning a book is in fact a form of breach of the freedom of speech. When you ban a book from a certain part of the population, you are removing the authors ability to express his opinion and ideas to that part of the population.

That is a very good point Guardian85, have you or anyone else ever heard of someone bringing that up in protest of banning books?

[xSilverPhinx]

That's just, for lack of a better word...pathetic. I would be embarrassed to have gone to that school.

They banned the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...blasphamous!

[Amicale]

Wow. I know that student asked their question 3 years ago, so I'm sure they're in college/university now, causing some wonderful kind of hell  Seriously though, good for them. That's AWESOME, what they wanted to do with their books. 

I hate banned book lists. Banning something's the quickest way to have it flourish, and FAST.

And some of the books on that list... seriously??? Paradise Lost? Mort, the Terry Pratchett book? A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court? Bridge to Terabithia, for goodness sake?? Wow. Just wow. I know some Catholic schools are pretty touchy about stuff that's really 'controversial', but banning that stuff goes over the top.