Burning Books and How to Navigate Paradigms of Reality

"Burn the books! That author is evil!"

"No! Let them be read! We don't want censorship! You're trampling on freedoms of speech!"

Several times in the past few months I have come across discussions about how to decide what to let children read. The latest example I have found is a well written and thoughtful post by a fellow writer and online friend, Taffy Lovell. The discussion, which includes questions about school reading lists, is at her blog, Taffy's Candy.

I thought about...