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The problem is your wording was poor at best. You said “ I'm a UK resident, and might not be understanding things correctly. *We don't do book banning or exclud
by tourmalinetaco 3y ago
The problem is your wording was poor at best. You said “ I'm a UK resident, and might not be understanding things correctly. *We don't do book banning or excluding over here.*”.
This makes it sound as though NO book is EVER banned or excluded. Which is blatantly false.[0]
If you had meant “we don't have any centralised list of books that can't be in a public or school library”, then you should have said that. Not make a false general statement. Though I’d be pleasantly surprised to hear that there are laws in place to prevent local/central government bans, considering the UK’s history of such things. Wikipedia doesn’t list such a law, although it does list that the last banned book was unbanned by your government in 1992, and that none have been added since.
[0] - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/20/third-of-uk-librarians-asked-to-censor-or-remove-books-research-reveals https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/20/third-of-uk-li...
- MarcScott 3y agoI did actually make that point in this comment - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36528598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36528598 and I apologise for my poor choice of wording.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoI suggest editing your initial comment with that clarification as to nip confusion in the bud. You made a good point, but it’s easy to miss/ignore your argument when your final sentence comes off as ”holier-than-thou” and dismissive.