Banned Book week reminds us that small minded people will always try to restrain free thought. If you think Huckleberry Finn is racist,you probably haven’t read anything but the TV Guide in the last decade.
19th century literature merely reflects the era in which it was written. Should we ban all 19th century literature (Twain, Dickens, Trollope, Austen, et al) because of the anti-semitism and racism found therein? Of course not- use those examples as a platform to teach how things have changed and improved since people actually thought that way.
If you have not visited www.bookcrossing.com lately, you should. It is a group of book enthusiasts who live by the credo, “Books Just Want to Be Free.” The idea is to read and enjoy your books then register them on the web site before announcing on the site where and when you will be leaving them in a public place for someone else to find and enjoy. That person should register on the site when and where the book was found, post comments, then announce a new release place and date, and so on…
BookCrossing.com members like to offer book release challenges for almost any reason. There is an annual “Read a Banned Book” challenge in which members are encouraged to read and release books on one of the banned books lists.
If you REALLY want to know what’s going to happen in 2012, you must first read the E.A. Wallace Budge translation of the Egyptian “Book of the Dead”. The next recommended reading materials are, in order, “The Conquest of Mexico” and “The Conquest of Peru,” both by W. H. Prescott. It would be an excellent idea to follow these by “The History of the World” by H.G. Wells. After that, you will be competent to make your own choices and arrive at your own conclusions.
John Reiher Premium Member over 14 years ago
Buy as many copies as you like and then burn them.
dora_london over 14 years ago
Shameless self-promotion! :D
boozoothatswho over 14 years ago
Wouldn’t it be nice if some local government banned The Fountainhead for incompetent writing and abject stupidity?
grapfhics over 14 years ago
They can’t shrug it off.
3hourtour Premium Member over 14 years ago
..why read when there’s Tv???…
fogey over 14 years ago
Canadians have ‘freedom of expresson’; we just have ‘speech’, ‘the press’, and (for the first lady) ‘to bare arms’.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Banned Book week reminds us that small minded people will always try to restrain free thought. If you think Huckleberry Finn is racist,you probably haven’t read anything but the TV Guide in the last decade.
stepherb Premium Member over 14 years ago
19th century literature merely reflects the era in which it was written. Should we ban all 19th century literature (Twain, Dickens, Trollope, Austen, et al) because of the anti-semitism and racism found therein? Of course not- use those examples as a platform to teach how things have changed and improved since people actually thought that way.
cwreenactor over 14 years ago
LOL!!! Nice segue to an advertisement.
Pab Sungenis creator over 14 years ago
Gotta do what I gotta do.
Wabac over 14 years ago
If you have not visited www.bookcrossing.com lately, you should. It is a group of book enthusiasts who live by the credo, “Books Just Want to Be Free.” The idea is to read and enjoy your books then register them on the web site before announcing on the site where and when you will be leaving them in a public place for someone else to find and enjoy. That person should register on the site when and where the book was found, post comments, then announce a new release place and date, and so on…
BookCrossing.com members like to offer book release challenges for almost any reason. There is an annual “Read a Banned Book” challenge in which members are encouraged to read and release books on one of the banned books lists.
ChiehHsia over 14 years ago
If you REALLY want to know what’s going to happen in 2012, you must first read the E.A. Wallace Budge translation of the Egyptian “Book of the Dead”. The next recommended reading materials are, in order, “The Conquest of Mexico” and “The Conquest of Peru,” both by W. H. Prescott. It would be an excellent idea to follow these by “The History of the World” by H.G. Wells. After that, you will be competent to make your own choices and arrive at your own conclusions.
docnuke over 14 years ago
I conclude that 2012 will lead to 2013…duh.