She's protesting something she doesn't believe in but is being forced to have her tax dollars fund. This IS free speech. She is excercizing her right to speak her mind and have some say in the way her confiscated money is spent.
She is not trying to prevent Rowling from excersizing her first ammendment rights.
She is not trying to prevent Rowling from speaking or publishing - that is the definition of a "ban"
Furthermore, she is trying to control the material her children have access to which is her right as their custodian (assuming she has children at the school system in question).
2006-10-04 03:58:20 · 17 answers · asked by Salami and Orange Juice 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree this is her right to voice her opinion. If you stand up for something you believe in then you better be ready for some persecution. IBTW I think she should monitor her kids books and noone elses.
2006-10-04 04:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
She may have the right to say what she likes, but she isn't guaranteed people won't point out she is an idiot.
If you go to that school's library, I'm sure you will find books about vampires and Hanukkah and plenty of stories that talk about Christianity and talking animals and Santa Claus, all paid for with tax payer money. How can you ban Harry Potter and not ban so many other books for the same reason that it doesn't support her beliefs? It's called fiction and she needs to go pick up a clue.
My tax dollars fund a huge war that I don't support, but I realize that there is more at stake in this country than just what I think and what I want.
2006-10-04 04:15:06 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
From the link, I cannot see how she is being persecuted.
Just having others not agree with you is not persecution. She has every right within the system to speak her mind and how she feels about this, but that is where our rights end.
There are many books available in the secular world that I do not like, but I still do not feel that they should be banned.
There are certain books, video games and magazines that are readily available that I wish were delegated to an "over twenty one" type store or room.
As far as controlling the material our children have access to, it is just like tv. Stay involved, look in your childrens book bags. Speak your mind when you can within the limits of what is allowed, and by all means teach your children that just because all is available to them , does not mean all is good for them.
2006-10-04 04:09:04 · answer #3 · answered by cindy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
One, I don't see anywhere in the article that she is being persecuted. Even so, in trying to have the books banned in school, she is intruding on the rights of those who might WANT to read them. While free speech does guarantee her the right to air her opinion, it does not grant her the right to dictate that no one may be permitted to read these books.
We assume that she has children at the school in question, but does she? If not, does she have any right at all to have a say in what is or is not permitted? If she doesn't want her children exposed to Harry Potter, she can sign a waiver syaing that they are not to be forced to read those particular books. Why ban them for everyone? That intrudes on my rights.
Then again, the government seems to have no problem doing just that. I have the right to free speech until I decry an elected official at a public rally and am forcibly removed. I have the right to freedom of expression until that expression extends to going without clothing in public; then it's public indeceny. I have the right to bear arms, unless that arm happens to be a five-foot broadsword (despite the fact that people are permitted to carry concealed firearms).
2006-10-04 04:08:47 · answer #4 · answered by whtknt 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 12:28:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she doesn't want them reading it, which she will never be able to stop forever, then she should send them with a note telling the teachers not to allow them to read them. Why she thinks it is about Wicca is beyond me! If she read the books herself, she would see it has nothing to do with Wicca. There is no nature loving, Goddess/God worshipping, and certainly no sabbats and esbats. It is make believe, and is in the fiction section, not the religion section.
Also, Wicca and Witchcraft are not the same thing. Not all Wiccans are Witches.
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2006-10-04 07:50:31 · answer #6 · answered by Seph7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What?!? Nobody is "persecuting" this woman. This woman is trying to persecute others. She is trying to prevent others from having public access to library books and reading materials that their tax dollars are paying for just because she doesn't agree with the content. She has the choice of censoring what HER children read, not what other people's children read. No one is forcing her or her children to read Harry Potter books from the public library, and other people want to read these books. She only has the right to tell her own children what she doesn't want them to read, it's called DISCIPLINE.
2006-10-04 04:11:29 · answer #7 · answered by badkitty1969 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
children have access to newspapers every day and believe me i monitor them when reading that more than i do any work of fiction
any reading material that broadens a childs imagination and fantasy world is not wrong in my eyes
and so many children have begun reading more as a result of harry potter
literature is so important to keep going
2006-10-04 04:15:57 · answer #8 · answered by Peace 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She does not have the right to select the reading material available to everyone. She has a right to prevent HER kids from reading it. But if she does try to do that, her kids will be determined to read Harry Potter.
As a child I checked out the book 'Lolita' from the library. Opened up my thinking, that book did.
2006-10-04 04:04:29 · answer #9 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
If you read the article the answer is in it. Would you ban Macbeth?
Ban, in the sense being used here, is a ban in public schools. This would limit ALL children's access to these books, not just hers. If she is concerned about her kids reading them, she should monitor them more closely. That is a parent's job, right?
2006-10-04 04:02:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋