banned books..?

Question

..what are they ?, are they things u cant have or els ur get finned or somethink ?

Answer 1

Banned books are books that a group of people (usually parents) that protest and attempt to censor or remove books from libraries (both in the community and in the school) because of material they find offensive.

Some people agree that some books aren't appropriate for certain ages and some people believe that some material is inappropriate for people of any age.

Some books are merely challenged (less severe) but a challenged book is one that just hasn't been banned.

If a book is banned; it is merely banned in that particular place... a library won't carry it. There is no offense to having it or reading it (other than what a parent might impose).

We still maintain the freedom of speech but some decide just how free it is.

check out the website http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.html

you'd be amazed at some of the books banned or challenged and why. (usually it is just swearing or the mention of sex, although if you through in a homosexual relationship you are bound to get all kinds of parents upset).

Answer 2

They are books, movies or any type of media that some group decided was offensive and would not shut up until the govt decided to ban them "for the greater good". The sqeaky wheel gets oiled so to say.
Take Song of the South, a movie surrounding the tales of Uncle Remus who was a free man, ex slave that decided to stay on the plantation after being freed...as many did at that time. He developed a positive relationship with the Plantation owners grandson and taught him many valuable moral lessons. This movie was banned because a certain group of people decided that it was not a true depiction of slavery when in fact it was a true story based completely on facts. If you go to see Uncle Remuse's cabin in Georgia today the same story is told that is told in the movie...it is true history....but then you have Roots a fictional story that was based on truths. A very good story ...but it didn't cover the slavery issue completely....it was also very negative and caused a great deal of racial tension in our country. But this movie is not banned...I find it very offensive...why not ban it? Because of national political correctness.
The problem with banning is that good and bad are banned...why can't I decided for myself what I want to see, read, or hear? Because it is the real American way not to let me....sounds a little communist huh?

Answer 3

maximum banned books are banned because they offend the at times puritanical perspectives of the repressed yet very vocal minority. i favor to chortle and cry when I see books like Harry Potter on ban lists because "they manage witchcraft". provide me a spoil. They prepare good training, and are not some anti-christian dogma.

Answer 4

Banned books are books that a committee decides if they are or aren't appropriate or offensive for school teaching. If they decide they are banned the teachers are not allowed to read them in class. But you wont get in trouble for reading them on your own.
At my school the Fearless series by Francine Pascal is banned but i have the whole series at home and i bring them to school and read them and they cant do anything about it

Answer 5

They are books which have been removed from schools or libraries because a person or group didn't approve of them. You'd be amazed by the books which are challenged!

Check out the ALA site for more information:

http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

Answer 6

Many times an individual or a group tries to get a book removed from a library or from a school. Librarians are trained to respond to this censorship attempt and usually the book remains available.
Sometimes it is a very ordinary book, but the person objects to one sentence in it and wants to keep it from everyone. The freedom to read and to have access to information is basic to the American way of life.

The “10 Most Challenged Books of 2005” reflect a range of themes. The books are:

“It's Perfectly Normal” for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group;
“Forever” by Judy Blume for sexual content and offensive language;
“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group;
“The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier for sexual content and offensive language;
“Whale Talk” by Chris Crutcher for racism and offensive language;
“Detour for Emmy” by Marilyn Reynolds for sexual content;
“What My Mother Doesn't Know” by Sonya Sones for sexual content and being unsuited to age group;
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey for anti-family content, being unsuited to age group and violence;
“Crazy Lady!” by Jane Leslie Conly for offensive language; and
“It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families” by Robie H. Harris for sex education and sexual content.

Most of these can be borrowed from your local library.

Answer 7

Well, many of the books by James Joyce have been banned in certain countries... "Ulysses" is one example.

Answer 8

They can't be taught by teachers in schools. You can read them on your own without penalty, but if teachers use them for class or as an assignment they will get in trouble.

Answer 9

"armed madhouse" by greg pallst is a good example of the type of incunabula you are alluding to!!!!the papal library has thousands of ancient texts and treatises and documents considered too profane or contradictory to the catholic faith to be able to be viewed by the public at large!!!some of them are sexually charged,some are considered demonic or paganistic...some are as old as greek or egyptian papyruses!!!

Answer 10

Its bull-**** thats what it is. Read the Turner Diaries. A blatant attack at our freedoms.