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> banned book weeks The problem here is that it isn't 'banned' books, it's 'banned and challenged' books, which means 'any book anyone has complained about', w
by derleth 13y ago
> banned book weeks
The problem here is that it isn't 'banned' books, it's 'banned and challenged' books, which means 'any book anyone has complained about', which means Harry Potter qualifies.
You cannot tell me with a straight face that Harry Potter has been meaningfully banned in the Western world.
It's a pious lie which reduces an important topic to a laundry list of things the most extreme prigs got uptight over in the course of the past year or so. It trivializes the whole issue.
- protomyth 13y ago> You cannot tell me with a straight face that Harry Potter has been meaningfully banned in the Western world. The only effect of a library banning Harry Potter was increased sales at the local Wal-Mart.