Some religious schools in US and UK are banning a top selling kids book because it contains the word scrotum (this is name of the skin that surrounds the testes in case you where in doubt). This comes a few years after two other top selling childrens books, Harry Potter books and His Dark Materials, where banned why many religious schools for promoting the idea of non-christian ideals.
Do you think that schools, local councils and states should allow to ban any book? I can understand why books with strong adult content may be banned but being banned for using medical terms or for introducing other faith systems seems a bit like mini facism. What are your veiws on this? Would really love to hear from people who attend/work in a school that has banned a book.
2007-02-20 04:08:34 · 5 answers · asked by John D 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Quote from the banned book The Higher Power of Lucky in case you where curious:
"Sammy told of the day when he had drunk half a gallon of rum listening to Johnny Cash all morning in his parked '62 Cadillac, then fallen out of the car when he saw a rattlesnake on the passenger seat biting his dog, Roy, on the scrotum "
2007-02-20 04:09:33 · update #1
No book should be banned from a publically funded library. Private libraries/schools have that right in my opinion.
Free speech is not free unless all opinions are allowed to be expressed. Books should not be chosen by a select group of individuals. As a compromise, some books could have a required adult conscent.
My opinion is by the time a child is old enough to read a book he should be mature enough to have a discussion with a teacher or parent on what is good and bad in the book. As far as the "words" they hear worse on the tube and the playground than they read in most banned books....Scrotum - bah!
2007-02-22 02:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by G's Random Thoughts 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is a really dangerous practice. If you start banning something for fear that someone might find it offensive, then eventually there will be very little left available. I think rather than trying to ban everything that they disagree with, people who do should let children make up their own mind and talk to them about why they think it is inappropriate, in a non-judgemental non-biased way.
I think once you ban something, it also makes it much cooler in the eyes of kids. I remember with films being banned when I was growing up, they had to be the film you found and watched. I can see similar things happening with the likes of Harry Potter and His Dark Materials. This attempted censorship to me does feel like parents trying to railroad their children into thinking a certain way and believing certain things by pretending nothing else exists. It worries me.
2007-02-21 15:20:39 · answer #2 · answered by chris_morganuk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, 'Of Mice and Men' is also banned in many schools, and handled delicately in others, because Lenny is "retarted" and that is seen as an inappropriate comment, but it is simply the only way to summ up Lenny. Childlike, slow, etc just don't quite capture him. Its political correctness gone mad,
As much as I like Harry Potter, it's not exactly a piece of literature so it doesn't really matter if it's allowed in schools or not. But respected pieces of literature should be allowed to be taught, read and apprieciated.
2007-02-22 05:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by x || Cara || x 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they should,everybody has their own idea about what is offensive.Personally I think they should remove The Bible from schools if they want to have factual books-since nobody has ever proven this is fact,it should be classed as fiction until otherwise proven,think of it like Harry Potter,i mean c'mon-parting of the red sea,walking on water etc...all pure fiction or magic of the darkest kind (but they deem those acts miracles!!) they're hypocrites and I don't want my childs head being filled with all that cr*p.When they're old enough they should make their own minds up about it instead of being taught it,otherwise they should shut up & allow all books and teachings of all religions including wicca,paganism etc...
2007-02-23 04:12:28 · answer #4 · answered by munki 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-16 02:33:24 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋