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Post by Silva on Jun 12, 2011 18:43:28 GMT -5
Eee. I hate it when books are censored/removed etc.
Opinions?
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Post by Marina on Jun 12, 2011 18:48:40 GMT -5
You mean like banned-books?
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Post by Silva on Jun 12, 2011 18:50:55 GMT -5
Banned books, mostly, and sometimes books that have had words removed and what not.
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shaunanigans
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Post by shaunanigans on Jun 12, 2011 19:32:14 GMT -5
Like goddam Catcher in the Rye. Goddammit.
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 12, 2011 22:41:14 GMT -5
Like goddam Catcher in the Rye. Goddammit. Or more recently Huck Finn with all the N-words replaced with the word slave |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 14, 2011 1:15:32 GMT -5
Like goddam Catcher in the Rye. Goddammit. Or more recently Huck Finn with all the N-words replaced with the word slave HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER URGH /rage |
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Post by cyanea on Jun 14, 2011 2:45:33 GMT -5
Or more recently Huck Finn with all the N-words replaced with the word slave HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER URGH /rage "If we pretend the baaaad words aren't there, then they don't exist." |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 14, 2011 3:05:27 GMT -5
HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER URGH /rage "If we pretend the baaaad words aren't there, then they don't exist." LALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU |
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Post by andy on Jun 14, 2011 4:01:42 GMT -5
Like goddam Catcher in the Rye. Goddammit. Or more recently Huck Finn with all the N-words replaced with the word slave If alternative texts are widely accessible, it's hardly censorship. You yourself could not even type the infamous 'N-words', I don't see why you'd try to demean people who also can't bring themselves to write, read or pronounce the word and would rather replace it - exactly like you did - with something less offensive. |
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Post by zachary on Jun 14, 2011 15:48:43 GMT -5
I hate it when people ban books, especially in places like libraries. Or when parents stop their child from reading a book - God forbid children start thinking for themselves...
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Post by Umbvix on Jun 14, 2011 19:15:13 GMT -5
Banning books and censorship piss me off. Let people say what they want to say. It would be like making this beautiful nude drawing and then having someone come with a giant sharpie and draw lines all over those breasts you shaded with such delicacy or make you redraw it with clothes. It's not your original vision anymore, it's what the public wants. I see writing as its own art, so as an art major and book lover, things like that really make me mad.
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Post by devilishlybookish on Jun 14, 2011 19:17:27 GMT -5
To say that censorship bothers me is an understatement. I find it personally offensive when people who don't know me try to decide what's appropriate for me to see/read/hear/etc. If a parent chooses to forbid certain material to their child then that's their business, although I don't agree with it in the case of books. I think that books are fantastic platforms to talk about difficult topics. If you refuse your child a book - or edit the content of books- in my opinion you're closing off an entire world to them /tangent
tl;dr- You can choose not to read whatever you want, but don't you dare try to choose for me.
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Post by cyanea on Jun 14, 2011 21:38:00 GMT -5
In middle school, we were supposed to read Catcher in the Rye. A couple of parents threw a fit, and the school called some big parent conference. My friend's mom stood up and said, "Even if you ban this book, I'm going to let my son read it if he wants and explain to him what that language means. You're not depriving my son an education just because you don't want to talk to yours."
We ended up not reading the book, though.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 14, 2011 21:50:19 GMT -5
Censorship baffles me. My parents pretty much let me do what I want (except swear, but that died pretty quickly). Dad tried to turn me into a lady, but that...that didn't really take. So when people say that their parents wouldn't "let them" read a book, it just...I'm flabbergasted.
Books are banned for a reason. Usually stupid ones. I hate censorship and refuse to do it unless I want to present a certain state of personality.
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 14, 2011 21:55:25 GMT -5
Censorship baffles me. My parents pretty much let me do what I want (except swear, but that died pretty quickly). Dad tried to turn me into a lady, but that...that didn't really take. So when people say that their parents wouldn't "let them" read a book, it just...I'm flabbergasted. Books are banned for a reason. Usually stupid ones. I hate censorship and refuse to do it unless I want to present a certain state of personality. O SNAP I read those two sentences as meaning "stupid books are banned for a reason" and was going to get all Librarian on your ass. But IgetitIgetit. I hatehatehate it when parents come in with their preteen or teenage children and CHOOSE the books for them. "No, Sally, you can't read that book because of XYZ." Usually it is a stupid reason like "Mommy says so" or "Daddy doesn't like that book." LET THEM CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES. They will learn what they like or don't like, you don't need to control their development like that. |
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