[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Banned Books Week - question

[Shaun Hately]

On 28 Sep 2004 at 10:36, Sarah wrote:

> Joining this debate a little late, but getting back to Harry and JKR -
>  the wizarding world obviously feel there is a need for certain 
> literature to be restricted - I want to know who decides on the 
> content of the restricted section in the Hogwarts Library?  Would it 
> just be Dumbledore, all the teachers or the Governors?  Surely 
> someone like Lucius Malfoy would want his children to learn about the 
> dark arts as part of a full education.
> Just my 2p (and sorry if its been said before)
> Sarah xx

Yes, I also noticed that Hogwarts Library does indeed have a 
restricted section. I would guess the decision as to whether or not 
a given book should be restricted or not there is probably made by 
the teachers about books in their own subject area. They seem to be 
the experts in each particular subject. I would also suspect that 
many of the books may have been restricted years ago by previous 
teachers - once a book is in there, perhaps it stays there forever.


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