http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/10/banned-books-week-freedom-to-read-anniversary/ Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/10/banned-books-week-freedom-to-read-anniversary/#comment-39037 Barbara Schmidt Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:17:53 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=27645#comment-39037 I agree with Raymond. If you don't like the book, don't read it. But banning (censoring) is not the way a free and democratic country is handling those things. Believe me, I am German.. we have been there and done that and everyone knows how it turned out. Most of those books are classics written in different times and now they are banned because you can read the "N-word" or the "F-Word" or they even talk about S-E-X? Why can a 13 year old watch people being killed in action movies and nobody cares but high school kids are not allowed to read "To Kill a mockingbird"? When I read some of the reasonings like "filthy, trashy novel" I dare to ask "says who"? Who decides what is filthy and trashy? And btw. talking about trashy.. start challenging all those scripted documentaries.. but I guess those are alright for kids. How sad is that?? I agree with Raymond. If you don’t like the book, don’t read it. But banning (censoring) is not the way a free and democratic country is handling those things. Believe me, I am German.. we have been there and done that and everyone knows how it turned out. Most of those books are classics written in different times and now they are banned because you can read the “N-word” or the “F-Word” or they even talk about S-E-X? Why can a 13 year old watch people being killed in action movies and nobody cares but high school kids are not allowed to read “To Kill a mockingbird”? When I read some of the reasonings like “filthy, trashy novel” I dare to ask “says who”? Who decides what is filthy and trashy? And btw. talking about trashy.. start challenging all those scripted documentaries.. but I guess those are alright for kids. How sad is that??

]]> http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/10/banned-books-week-freedom-to-read-anniversary/#comment-38734 Raymond Friend Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:29:55 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=27645#comment-38734 Do we live in a free country or not? Many of these books have been read countless number of times. Banning books because someone thinks they say something they don't like, just don't read that book. Banning books is not the answer in a "FREE" country. Do we live in a free country or not? Many of these books have been read countless number of times. Banning books because someone thinks they say something they don’t like, just don’t read that book. Banning books is not the answer in a “FREE” country.

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