Alex's comments (member since Jun 24, 2007)

Alex's comments from the Banned Books group.

"If I was worried about my own children, or the children of fellow believers being exposed to things in opposition to my specific faith I would take the time to review the books available to my children that contain these themes and not just raise a fuss over a very few."

Oh my god, what a novel idea! LOL!!!

Seriously, this is my same argument with people who want to censor television. For godsake, the damn thing has an off button, a channel changer, AND most of them have parental controls. WTF?

I always knew what my son was reading, watching, or surfing. He never suffered for it and I felt as though I had a good handle on what he was being exposed to and could mitigate anything I found "bad" either through banning it from his media diet or explaining the "bad" bits to him. When are people going to take responsibility for raising their own children and stop trying to regulate it through government control.

click the American Library Association link at the "home" page of this group and you'll have more banned book week info than you ever thought possible. :)

I was thinking it might be cool to extend the idea outside of the library. You can't imagine how many people I know who never step foot in a libarary but are pretty avid readers. I find this incredibly weird but, hey, who am I to judge?

Maybe I'll just leave a copy of the banned book list on the corner of my desk where everyone can see it. :)

Is anyone here going to "celebrate" banned book week? I'm thinking about buying one of the kits from the American Library Association and starting something - but where? I don't know that it would be appreciated at my office...

Well said Carly.

This group refers us to the American Library Association for information on banned books. You can go to their website to learn more.

http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbookswe...

I couldn't have said it any better than Pollywaffleus.

Right... "IT" is the centralized brain that thinks for the entire planet. Regardless, to ban a fantasy book for fear that some children might actually GET the analogy is pretty lame. I read this when I was, like, 11 or 12. I took it at face value, not understanding that some people write in metaphor.

A Wrinkle In Time was "The Book" for me. You know the one? The first book you read and realize that reading can be a totally fabulous experience? My parents drown us in books as kids. Our house even had a library - not just bookshelves in the living room. But it wasn't until A Wrinkle In Time that I became a self-propelled (and pretty voracious) reader. I literally can't think of any reason this book would be banned. Anyone have any insight?