I wouldn't dare to say for sure that it doesn't happen here, but I've certainly never heard of it. Though then again, very few schools have a library at all, and trying to get books banned from a public library seems like an exercise in futility. The list is amusing, though, particularly Twilight at #5 (for 2009).
Rather.
I just don't get the mentality of sheltering your children from that kind of thing instead of sitting with them and talking about the issues as they come up. Surely that's a much more sensible approach to parenting. (And I know quite a few of those who have tried to get books banned from schools in NZ and usually they're very sensible people. Alas.)
As a result, I don't really feel like the whole Banned Books Week has much relevance to me, so no, don't think I'll be doing anything.
Hater.
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Are you reading anything special for Banned Books Week?
- 27/09/2010 07:31:32 PM
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The concept remains very strange to me.
- 27/09/2010 09:17:53 PM
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Indeed.
- 27/09/2010 11:44:00 PM
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Re: Indeed.
- 28/09/2010 12:20:24 AM
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My mother tried to keep me from reading certain books at a young age
- 28/09/2010 12:57:05 AM
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Let's read Mein Kampf while we're at it! *NM*
- 27/09/2010 11:37:39 PM
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My Oma has a 1930s copy of Mein Kampf which is bound with pages from the Bible.
- 27/09/2010 11:42:24 PM
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Re: I'm using my "I read books for me and not for my principles" card.
- 29/09/2010 09:03:32 PM
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