Banned Book's?????

[DarkenedSoul]

Hello All, I'm kinda lost today. See on the Front Page of the D/J. It has a article on Banned Book's. I'm just wondering why some of these book's were Banned?

the Outsider's?

how to eat Fried worm's?

Huck Finn?

Tom Sawyer?

I remember all these book's from my child hood, I personally cannot figure out why they Banned them? Heard most of them in School.... This is just Plain Stupidity........

[Crimson]

That's just rediculous... but let me venture guesses....

The Outsiders - Promotes gang activity and/or someone doesn't like Patrick Swayze in the movie adaption.

How to Eat Fried Worms - Some administrators kid probably dirtied a frying pan and wasted some butter trying to make a snack after reading it.

Huck Finn - Well, this one promotes running away on a river raft.

Tom Sawyer - Someone probably got pissed when their fence got whitewashed.... or were tricked into doing the whitewashing for someone else.

I agree, this is retarded. Those are all classics. I've read every one of them. Some of them several times.

[Frey]

I cannot stand the banning of books.

As a child, I loved Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Those two characters were created by one of the most brilliant observers of human behavior in American history. When these books were written, people had different views of the world; Twain documented these views in his works. That fact makes those books actual literature. The same thing can be said about S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. As for How to Eat Fried Worms, I was obsessed by it! Just the sheer grossness of eating worms...

I have read all those books. I did not learn to be a racist from Mark Twain, and I did not think I needed to belong to a gang after reading The Outsiders. I did not attempt to eat a worm either. I am a well-rounded individual fully capable of thinking for myself. Oh, but I do hate it when people try to think for me by censoring.

[rutrow]

frey said:

I did not learn to be a racist from Mark Twain,

So... who did you learn to be a racist from then? ;D

Just kiddin. I understand the gist of what you are saying. The problem is that whoever decides any ban on any subject appears to not want to educate the people into thinking for themselves. They are going under the assumption that if someone reads a work of fiction, they will do the things that were portrayed in any particular book. Some people will for they are not educated in social behavior. So, lets just not educate the kids, just ban the stuff they read so they do not get any ideas. eh???

[Frey]

rutrow said:

frey said:

I did not learn to be a racist from Mark Twain,

So... who did you learn to be a racist from then? ;D

Rutrow...My dislike knows no boundaries. I dislike everyone, no matter their race or creed, equally.

[King Rat]

As a parent, I reserve the right to ban books IN my household. I reserve the right to decide what my children read/do/see/hear until they become adults. But I don't have the right to make that decision for others.

But I missed the article. WHO, exactly, is banning these books? My first guess is that it is a school. If so, well, I don't automatically have a problem with that. Not all books are suited for school-aged children. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer (I found both very boring as a kid), if I recall have some racial overtones and I can see why they might not fit in a school library. I've never read the other two mentioned so I have no opinion of them.

[momof3]

I agree KR. I try to read or at least scan through the books that my children are reading and decide on whether or not they should read it. I think that it's my job as a parent to make sure what they are reading and watching is okay. If I think it's bad, then I just don't let them read it. However, I don't really have that problem with my 14 year old son, he hates reading. But, my 13-year old daughter loves reading and we both like reading alot of the same stuff. The 16-month old loves for you to read to her as long as she can turn the page when she wants to. Doesn't matter if you're through reading it or not!!

[cntryldyx3]

They are going under the assumption that if someone reads a work of fiction, they will do the things that were portrayed in any particular book.



what about banning most of these violent movies and video games?

[TF Admin]

cntryldx3..... If Senator Joe Lieberman has his way, that will happen as well. He has long led the fight in those arenas.

TF

[Pontotocmom]

I have read all of them books. I did like the movies better. Except I don't think they have made one about eating worms. I bought our youngest a book the title was "There is a hair in my dirt" It is all about a worms' adventure. Over in the middle of the book we ended up finding cuss words in it. I still read the book to my child but omitted the cuss words.

[Frey]

The movie, "How to Eat Fried Worms," was release on 8/25/06.