[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Banned Books Week (bit of a rant)

[Sherry Gomes]

Isn't that a list of books that have been banned in the past, not
necessarily books that are banned now/  I don't believe any book should ever
be banned.  On the other hand, I think parents can exercise their own bans
if they want.  My folks let me read well ahead of my age and most of it was
ok.  But I was an extremely sensitive kid.  I read lord of the Flies in high
school, in the early 70's, and it disturbed me profoundly and deeply.  I
suppose the violence.  I've never read it again to see what I'd think of it
all these years later.  Funny, I read books with far more violence and am an
avid mystery reader.  Yet, to this day, books with violence toward children
or animals get to me to the point where I may have to stop reading a book if
it's too graphic.  if I had a child as sensitive as I am, I might be
inclined to try to guide her reading a little till she was an adult.  But
knowing how much I loved reading, I probably wouldn't, especially once she
was a teenager.  Hopefully, Judy Blume and lord of the Flies are no longer
banned books!

Sherry


-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah [mailto:plungy116 at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:49 PM
To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Banned Books Week (bit of a rant)


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Belinda" <bhobbs at m...> wrote:
> Sept. 25 - Oct. 1 is Banned Books Week
> Tomorrow (Friday) marks the beginning of Banned Books Week.

I can't believe that the books of my adolescence are here on the 
list.  I'm British, but found Judy Blume just about the only author I 
read by choice as a teenager.  "Forever" got passed round and giggled 
over, and maybe our parents wouldn't have liked all the content, but 
its part of growing up isn't it?  I have bought my son books 
like "Living with a willy" and sex information stuff - would they be 
banned too?
I studied Lord of the Flies at school - what's wrong with that great 
literary classic?
I'm not a huge reader, my scope is limited and I'm trying to make an 
effort to read more, but I like to be able make the choices myself.  
My son is 14 and if he's reading something, I'm happy.  If he's 
getting useful information from it all the better, if it prompts an 
enquiring mind to ask questions and find answers then what is the 
problem?  We want our children to be well informed, making decisions 
based on fact and knowledge - for God's sake lets make that knowledge 
as great as possible.  Its hard enough living in this world as it is 
without denying information, limiting imagination and censoring the 
little darlings from everything that's bad until the moment they come 
of age and it all hits them simultaneously.
Sorry this turned into a bit of a rant
Sarah xx
Whose son is exposed to life's harsh cautionary tales on a daily 
basis just by living with me and his father.




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