Do you read banned books?

What is Appropriate & What is Not

 

What does that link have to do with anything? Its an economic forum site that does not tolerate free speech apparently, but it has nothing to do with banned books. Anyways, I don't think I have read any banned books yet, or at least none that I am aware of. I read whatever I want to read and a stupid banned label will not stop me.

 

There is hardly a better recommendation for a book than banned status. When I find lists of banned books I make sure I have read them or own them to read as soon as I can. If not I order them immediately

 

i dont know of any banned books

 

Many people think BANNED things are better (I think pot might be LESS POPULAR if it was legal )

 

maybe mein kampf

 

I'm fairly sure that Mein Kampf isn't banned (or at least, not in the UK or France).
There was a copy in my school library in Paris...

I've read a few, mainly combat and nefarious acts.
Frankly there's nothing in them that couldn't be found all over the internet.

 

The Bible wouldn't suddently become any better even if it was banned.

I got one of those banned books in my library, at least it's the only one I know is banned and its possession condemned by canadian laws.

 

i only read books of child pornography

because banned = better, right?

 

Banned does not equal illegal. Banned in the case of books usually refers to the presentation of ideas that some group considers offensive or dangerous. Usually but not always,this is based on religious interpretation. The government declaing child porn illegal seems quite different than some group deciding that Tom Sawyer is immoral. At least to me it does.

 

mein kampf is not carried by chapters/indigo/coles/anotheroneiforget in canada, which is ridiculous because they are now all owned by the same company, making them basically the only place to buy books in canada other than small local stores. it sucks that a ceo can basically ban a book in canada because they have a monopoly on bookstores.

 

it seems exactly the same to me, but that's possibly due to philosophical differences

 

Order by internet? Or go visit second hand book stores, you never know what you may find. After a few years of tracking, I found my banned book randomly in one of those.

 

I have indulged in everything from huck fin to chairman mao's little red book.

Being banned doesn't, of course, have to mean anything about it's quality. But they are often banned because they're worthwhile.

 

I find a lot of banned/censored books boring tripe that are popular only because they have been banned in the first place. See the turner diaries, Mein Kampf, the protocols of the elders of zion, etc.

 

Yes and the GENERAL NON COMPLIENCE WEEK IS FROM SEPT 12TH-18TH I BELIEVE..

I wonder how many will participate?

 

screw non compliance week, I won't comply with that, I'll non comply whenever I want.

Anyway, these "banned books" aren't labeled, they're just not in school libraries if they're on their list of books not to get. It's sometimes for religious ideas, violence or sexual content. It's not that they are illegal at all, schools just don't buy them. They include stuff like A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Which i guess was ruled out cause someone died? Anyway, some of these books are worth reading, but they aren't particularly going to be shocking.

 

A Separate Peace is a banned book?
I remember reading that for English class.

It would be great to go to a school with a boatload of banned books on non-compliance day and distribute them on the sidewalk.