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Originally Posted by dc_dux
What motivates book banning? Are the efforts sincere or a screen for intolerance.
What can (or should) we do about it?
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I'm regretful I missed this earlier.
I can tell you exactly what motivates book banning:
Fear.
That one word is why every book that has been banned has ever been banned.
You can collate it out however you like but fear of the * is the root cause.
Off to read the replies.
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Originally Posted by willravel
And quite frankly John Steinbeck sucks and I would have much rather read Catcher in the Rye or I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings than Grapes of Wrath.
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I'm hating you so very much right now. Steinbeck is what it is.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Ustwo = scared of sex and gays?
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Heh, you just redeemed yourself. So what about that, Ustwo?
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Originally Posted by loquitur
I don't know about you guys, but when I was a kid, every time I read a "naughty" book it was a fierce disappointment. I don't know what I was expecting, though.
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Right? So disappointing. I wanted lust, horny nasty lust. You know, like my pubescent brain was thinking.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
It is grossly apparent that kids need to learn what the real cost of items are with a credit card at 19.9% interest is and I won't lose sleep if they cancel poetry class in order to drum that sort of information home.
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I'm not much a fan of poetry and I'm certainly not a fan of the CC system.