ban various books from their libraries under the auspices that they are
sending the wrong message or promoting questionable lifestyles to children.
ACLU�s top 100 banned books (links to a PDF)
http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=13676&c=83
<http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=13676&c=83>
St. Charles Public Library � Banned Book Week
http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/arl_banned.htm
Has lists of the books banned in different years. Here�s a few I thought
would turn heads:
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Color Purple Alice Walker
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
Interesting what people think will harm our children, eh?
Until Later!
Hatton
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:29 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Texas High School may ban Huxley and Heinlein...
...you know, for the CHILDREN
http://www.themonitor.com/NewsPub/News/Stories/2003/09/22/10642896312.shtml
Heaven forbid a high school student, subject to "inappropriate sexual
arousal" be exposed to Brave New World or Stranger in a Strange Land.
If the concerned (read: negligent) parents feel these two excellent
books are simlpy pornographic, I might suggest we take up a collection
to send them a copy of this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I30A21EF5
- Jim
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