New Zealand bans award-winning teenage novel after outcry from Christian group
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/07/new-zealand-bans-into-the-river-teenage-novel-outcry-christian-group An award-winning young adult novel has become the first book in more than 20 years to be banned in New Zealand after an outcry from a Christian group. Ted Dawe's Into the River has been banned from sale or supply by the Film and Literature Board of Review (FLBR) after a complaint from conservative lobby group Family First. It is currently being pulled from libraries, schools and bookshops around the country. Family First objected to sexually explicit content, drug use and the use of a slang term for female genitalia. - - - Sounds like what needs to be banned is the fascist New Zealand government. Read the book online, kids. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
