Should certain books be banned from libraries?

by ☆ElenaDiamond☆ Posted 2012/08/08 16:54:15

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	Yes.	21 votes	22%
	No.	74 votes	78%

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yogamartial 2012/08/08 17:34:26

No.

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No maybe there should be an age restriction on some books.

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tom C 2012/08/08 17:29:51

Yes.

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Certain books that provide info on how to create weapons and bombs....have no use in a library...especially if teens and young adults have access..

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Carol to tom C 2012/08/08 17:52:19

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SO the internet should be banned too? 'Cause they can access that info online.

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tom C to Carol 2012/08/08 19:02:34

nope...but access to that stuff should be...

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Carol to tom C 2012/08/08 20:04:22

And there has never been a person under 13 on Facebook or under 18 that downloaded porn.
Let's be realistic here. How on earth would they access it, and who is to decide to whom the limitations should apply?

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tom C to Carol 2012/08/08 20:13:09

Lets be clear here....nuclear secrets should be kept off the internent??
do you agree? yes or no?

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Carol to tom C 2012/08/08 20:47:31

"Certain books that provide info on how to create weapons and bombs....have no use in a library...especially if teens and young adults have access.."

These were your words, nothing about nuclear secrets. Last I checked, they didn't publish those in books and stock them in libraries. You get flustered and decided to just get extreme or what?
I was pointing out that the very same information that you felt should be banned from libraries could be accessed online.
No knowledge is bad, it's what a person chooses to do with it that is harmful.

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tom C to Carol 2012/08/09 03:33:30

nuclear bombs...ring a bell??

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Carol to tom C 2012/08/09 20:12:30

Oh, I know what they are, have a decent understanding of how they work, etc. But, they aren't in the habit of publishing nuclear secrets in a book and putting them in libraries. <--- in case you don't remember, this was your original argument for banning books, though not nuclear bombs specifically...just bombs.
I'm not sure why you're off on this irrelevant tangent, but you don't seem interested in discussing the topic on hand any longer. You have a good night now.

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tom C to Carol 2012/08/10 00:36:18

my original is putting Bomb info on the internet...any kind.....
Oklahoma being an example

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Carol to tom C 2012/08/10 18:12:36 (edited)

Actually, it was which books to ban.
But, he'd have gotten that info regardless. If you want it badly enough, you find a way. It doesn't take a genius to figure out how to build a bomb like that. Maybe he just took chemistry in high school.

edited: because vertains keys on my keyboard are sticking

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Red_Horse 2012/08/08 17:24:07
Ron in ... to Red_Horse 2012/08/08 18:16:42

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We don't need books anymore we have KINDLE'S.

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llamali... to Ron in ... 2012/08/08 18:59:59

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BURN THE KINDLE'S!!!!!

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Red_Horse to llamali... 2012/08/08 19:14:57
Red_Horse to Ron in ... 2012/08/08 19:14:43 (edited)
Dodgerfan 2012/08/08 17:19:04

Yes.

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That's yes for school libraries and no for public. If the books are pornographic in nature then young minds should not be subjected to them. I'm not talking about works such as Catcher in the Rye but hard core porn that has no redeeming value.

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Kingarthurup 2012/08/08 17:16:11

No.

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but there should be an adult section... You don't want a kid reading "dreams of my father"... could grow up to be a communist.

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☆ElenaD... to Kingart... 2012/08/08 17:18:39

Yep.

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Amelia 2012/08/08 17:11:31

Yes.

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and so should televised ads but they aren't :)

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Headhunter 13 2012/08/08 17:09:38

No.

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No book should ever be banned. But certain topics should be restricted by age

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Sgt Major B 2012/08/08 16:57:12

Yes.

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Anything ever written by a Democrat, starting with the idiot's handbook, "It Takes A Village!"

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☆ElenaD... to Sgt Maj... 2012/08/08 16:57:59

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LOL

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Blaze the Neko Vampire 2012/08/08 16:56:52

No.

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It's a library. It can allow all types of books

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☆ElenaD... to Blaze t... 2012/08/08 16:58:41

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What about a children's library?

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Blaze t... to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/08 16:59:54

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Good point. Then yes, some books should be banned

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Headhun... to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/08 17:10:40

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Not banned but not made available due to content and age restrictions

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☆ElenaD... to Headhun... 2012/08/08 17:12:13

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I agree.

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Racefish to Blaze t... 2012/08/08 18:36:43

Well, not really. It seems Porn is not allowed.

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☠ Live Free Or Die ☠ 2012/08/08 16:56:48

No.

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I believe that the more controversial a book is, the more important it is.

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☆ElenaD... to ☠ Live ... 2012/08/08 16:59:58

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Is 50 shades of Grey, " important"?

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☠ Live ... to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/08 17:04:52

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Perhaps; for no other reason than it's a pretty good indicator of the state of our society. Even The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf are important books, IMHO. Because they serve as warnings.

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☆ElenaD... to ☠ Live ... 2012/08/08 17:06:32

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I think controversy, does not automatically equal importance or quality.

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☠ Live ... to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/08 17:15:02

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Definitely not quality.

At the library where I live, they keep anything "Adult" in the back. You need two pieces of ID to go back there. Also, it's locked. I think that's a pretty good system.

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Sister Jean 2012/08/08 16:56:32

Yes.

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porn

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☆ElenaD... to Sister ... 2012/08/08 16:58:58

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agreed.

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