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I actually use this list to seek out authors whose work I've yet to read. Some may view this as a marketing tool for booksellers, but the list is very real and the books challenged have often been bestsellers before being challenged.
Like Gilda touched upon, it is often discovered during the course of events that those wishing to remove books from shelves have rarely ever read the books they wish to ban. Their motivations come from hearing from someone somewhere that there was something bad in the books. Some say knowledge is power, but all too often ignorance is even more powerful.
I also urge everyone who reads this thread to seek out these books and read them.
Thanks for reminding me to stop by a book store this weekend, Gilda.
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"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
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