Comments on: Top 10 Reasons Banning Books is a Bad Idea

By: little willow

little willow — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:39:01 +0000

Veeeery long article coming out in the new issue of The Edge of the Forest about how Maureen rocks, TBT rocks, and book banning DOES NOT ROCK EVER.

By: John M. Burt

John M. Burt — Sat, 12 May 2007 08:22:22 +0000

Book-banning is absolutely the dumbest thing you can do if you want to stop people from reading it.

Especially when there are so many more effective techniques, like making a high school English requirement, or making a really bad film version of it.

But if you really want to silence a book, try enthusiastically praising it for saying the opposite of what it really says. Don’t believe me? Try making a Bible-banger hold still while you read ‘em the Sermon on the Mount.

By: capt.cockatiel

capt.cockatiel — Sat, 12 May 2007 02:03:19 +0000

For debate class I wrote about why books shouldn’t be banned. By English teacher loved it. (In one class all the books we read were banned at some point. It was ‘unintentional’ according to our teacher, but he has a tendency to lie. And to sing about Lord of the Flies and 1984, but that’s not the point.)It does indeed have the opposite effect. I had been procrastinating putting a hold on “The Bermudez Triangle” but when I heard it was banned I had to read it. Who could stand not knowing why someone insanely tried to ban a book?

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:43:18 +0000

I totally agree with you, Justine. Seriously, all the kids in that school are gonna want to read the book now. And it’s not like the school is making it disappear from Oklahoma. There are magical places that they call bookshops! The people from the school are getting even more ridiculous as they’re trying to pick up the pieces, now that they see the hordes of angry readers email-attacking them. I strongly recommend reading Maureen Johnson’s blog about this. All the info’s there. Plus she’s funny.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:08:23 +0000

I totally agree. Like Maureen said, no one wants to be known as a “book banner”. Jeez, I can’t even imagine being a Book Banner AND a fashion victim!

By: alisa

alisa — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:35:31 +0000

banned book week! i had no idea that existed. awesome.

By: SF Signal

SF Signal — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:28:47 +0000

SF Tidbits for 5/11/07…

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 11 May 2007 06:19:38 +0000

oh. my. god. yeah, okay, i’ve ranted enough about this. cheers for reason number one. it rocks. so do all the others.

growl. argh. rar. hiss. snarl.

By: Elodie

Elodie — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:03:00 +0000

“1. Book banning clashes with everything in your wardrobe. Every. Single. Thing.”

Unless your wardrobe is completely composed of IGNORANCE!