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Laural Hill ([personal profile] lauralh) wrote2005-09-27 01:31 pm
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omg what?

Glancing at the Banned Books list, Reg and I have become confused.

[livejournal.com profile] velvet: I mean, i can understand The New Joy of Gay Sex
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: but To Kill a Mockingbird?
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: this is my question:
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: yeah.
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: THE HELL?
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: or
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: heh, american psycho.,
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: why the fuck is judy blume all over the place?
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: do people just not want their children reading?
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: b/c she talks about sex and masturbation and periods
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: UNNATURAL
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: now this
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: they don't even say it in that book more than twice
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: Wtf.
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: HAHAHAHAHA
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: it was written in the FIFTIES
[livejournal.com profile] herbaliser: you may as well ban The Mouse and the Motorcycle
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: little black sambo? WTF?@!?!?!
[livejournal.com profile] velvet: btw, the mouse and the motorcycle rulz.

[identity profile] perich.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
btw, the mouse and the motorcycle rulz.

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[identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
hahahah IF THE GLOVE DOES NOT FIT YOU MUST ACQUIT

[identity profile] a-gentle-hill.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
That was like my exact thought process.

[identity profile] verybadlady.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
heh I read all those books as a child. I suppose that's why I'm procreating outside of marriage and an alcoholic.

[identity profile] verybadlady.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
note: I did not read the New Joy of Gay Sex as a child.

[identity profile] llarian.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Child, "Young Adult", whatever.

[identity profile] velvet.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You edit the hell out of me!

[identity profile] ravenword.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Where's Waldo made banned lists because in one scene (Waldo at the beach) there's a teeny tiny little drawing of a woman sunbathing topless.

[identity profile] zorbathut.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Won't someone think of the children!

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
To Kill a Mockingbird talks about things like rape. People had more objection to the issues of incest and rape than they did of the rampant racisim and treatment of black people.

A Wrinkle in Time is considered antiauthoritarian and anything with a fantasy theme is considered the work of the devil by evangelical religious groups.

Little Black Sambo is considered racist by a lot of hyper liberal groups. Mind you these people have no sense of context. They also don't like Mark Twain for the same reason.

[identity profile] disarrayed.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe, this book ban shit just really makes no sense. Censorship as a whole is getting seriously screwy nowadays. I read about Oliver Stone or someone of the nature doing a 9/11 film about the Trade Center events, but that they can not use people falling from buildings nor the planes striking, and certainly no rubble. Apparently, they want the drama without the cause, which makes no sense.

[identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
that's funny.

the list is actually the books parents want banned.

[identity profile] duckierose.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
How to Eat Fried Worms was one of my favorite books ever, based on the title alone. The story wasn't bad either, but I can't remember anythign about it that would cause it to be banned.