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Sully
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 Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheri1969 wrote: |
I disagree strongly of banning any book and yet they have banned the Holy Bible. If they can ban it, then yes, they should ban other material of other religions. But in all reality, I would like to have it so no books are banned. What happened to freedom of choice???????
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These days it's politically correct to ban the Holy Bible, but it's not PC to ban holy books of other religions. That's probably because Christians don't threaten to kill you if you offend them.
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Theolinda
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: Do you believe in banning books |
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| Who are these people that will have the responsibility of deciding which book will and which book won't be banned? What qualifies them to take the action? There was book burning in WW11 as the rest of the world watched agast at such a thing.I do believe in guidance and if a book is on the line as to what the contents are,the parents should have the final say to their child only with no influence coming from those questioning if it should be read.Religion,your country, your upbringing all play a part in what you think should be banned and someone elses thinking.Banning only makes the persuer want it more so. |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Books are good companion , y would i vote for banning them . my motto is LET US DERIVE THE PLEASURE FROM THE BOOKS , .
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TheRadiantSeraphim
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:57 am Post subject: |
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I am a bit late on this, but...
I think the banning of books, for me, depends on what is doing the banning. Public schools and libraries should not ban anything, as that is censorship, and I find censorship, for the most part, unconstitutional - especially if they do not provide an alternative source of what is being "censored." I am opposed to banning any religion, as well, regardless of what it is.
As for private domains, such as private schools, as much as I disagree with censorship, they are allowed to have more power on how they handle things in their schools. They pay extra money, and people pay extra money, for those schools to be the way they are. So if it is a private school, I am not too adverse to the banning of books, even if I disagree with the practice itself.
Now if they start eliminating public schools, then I may have further opinion.
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TheRadiantSeraphim
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| Sully wrote: |
These days it's politically correct to ban the Holy Bible, but it's not PC to ban holy books of other religions. That's probably because Christians don't threaten to kill you if you offend them. |
I am afraid I disagree with this, to an extent. I have crossed many religious zealots from different religions, Christians included, who would use force to achieve their desires. Whether or not this is "true" to those religions is up to debate. I criticize Hindu nationalists as much as I criticize extreme Christians who use force to achieve their means. But I think that political correctness goes anti-religion in general, whether it is Christianity, Judaism, etc. I think it is why a lot of people say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas or Happy Chanukah (spelling?).
Though I will agree that I see a double standard here. I think part of it is vindictiveness because of what happened in the past (people cannot deny what happened in the Inquisition or the Salem Witch Trials), but another part of it is people fearing how much power Christianity might have in the United States. This is not to say I agree with this, but I think the same situation goes on in any other democracy of sort where there is a strong demographics of a particular religion. And, it does not help when the double-standard is trying to be forced by the other side, either. "An eye for an eye makes the world blind," a wiseman once said.
Thought might I ask where they are banning the Holy Bible? I still see it being in public domains thus far. I am not saying it does not happen, I am just asking where it is being done.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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trs...
while i'm a lifelong bibliomaniac [that's beyond a bibliophile!] of the first order, i have to disagree with you on the schools bit... would you really want 'the story of o' and anne rice's graphically sexual woman-abasing 'sleeping beauty' trilogy, along with all of the marquis de sade's awful stuff in your children's school library?... should 'hustler' and all the bondage and child-raping swill found on sex arcades' shelves be made available to them, as well?
in a responsible society, some 'banning' is always going to be necessary, to protect our young... everything that is printed on paper is not automatically fit for every human's eyes, just because someone can make money on the perverts who buy it...
but i do agree that to ban anything merely for religious reasons is absolutely wrong and should not be allowed...
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TheRadiantSeraphim
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, do not get me wrong: I would not want children to be able to get a hold of such books. I think parents should attend their children in any section that would involve having adult books like that. And children's sections should -not- have such content in there.
I think one idea to keep the peace is making controversial books not banned, per se, but put in a section that requires having an adult accompanying someone there or something. I seen some things sold at Wal Mart, of all places, that definitely needs a rated R rating on the books. My mom allowed me to read violent books at the age of nine, but she was there to tell me what was real, what was not, and what was not right or wrong; I do admit that I wish there were more parents out there taking into consideration the limits of their children and what they are mature enough to read (I know that each child is different and matures at a different rate, developmental psychology books only give rough averages on the rates). I just do not believe in a 100% ban, per se; I would be all for trying to make a compromise of sort though to make sure children do not wander into the wrong section. And as I stated before, private schools should have the right to restrict what goes on in their own libraries.
In the end, though, I think one thing that is going to be hard to encourage is values. A very permissive parent can abuse the system proposed just as much and suddenly traumatize their child at a premature age. But, that is going to how people personally raise their children and there has been arguments even in the Psychology world about where the line should be drawn. Conduct disorders are in the increase, and prevention measures have to be taken with care if we are not to step on anyone's toes.
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angelicalmist
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not in favor of banning such books from schools..... They stimulate children's creativity and beside, when someone don't want them to read them, they'll find a way to do so....... Why not know what they are reading from the start and be prepare for any questions they may have after reading....... I kind of feel is a little ignorance in their part to want to ban them..... That's my opinion......... |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| so, you'd have all the marquis de sade's works along with bondage and child rape magazines in the school library, for anyone to read and 'learn' from?... have you read any of that stuff?... do you have any idea what's in it?... |
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angelicalmist
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Not that kind of books of course........ I thought they were talking about Harry Potter and stuff like that, that some parents think will make the kids mess up........ |
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