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I don't know where you grew up, but our school library had lots and lots and lots of books that had nothing to do with the curriculum, and students were encoura
by gambiting 5y ago
I don't know where you grew up, but our school library had lots and lots and lots of books that had nothing to do with the curriculum, and students were encouraged to read outside of the required material. The idea that certain books(or indeed, entire categories of books) should be banned from a school library is definitely censorship. It's like suggesting that school computers should be banned from viewing certain pages on wikipedia, on actually, in fact, providing students with copies of paper encyclopedias with pages torn out - it's the removal of knowledge that is the hallmark of censorship.
- temp8964 5y agoHow about school computers should be banned from viewing certain websites?
- gjsman-1000 5y agoThey already are, and it is legally required that they do so, as are libraries. https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/childrens-internet-prot...
- gambiting 5y agoWebsites are not books though and cannot be treated the same way. I see a library more like a giant encyclopedia of knowledge, you should be free to access it if you need to, without books being banned for political reasons or otherwise. Now, I do support having a kind of a "restricted section" where you can access a book normally out of sight. Say a copy of Kamasutra - it's not on a shelf, but if you need it for a project and got a permission from a teacher - go ahead.
- ivanche 5y agoI would've really expected that any semi-decent school bans at least pr0n, gambling, sports betting and similar types of sites.