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What are your thoughts about the concerns voiced in this video?

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Given it is a grade ten reading assignment I have no issue with the book. Personally I did not see in the list given any good reason for banning the book. given that the school allowed the student a choice of a different book since she felt the swearing was not something she liked to read then I see no problem here. I think you have some one who is highly regulating the grown ladies choice.

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I believe no book should be banned. The child was given another book to read, it was the parents that pushed for the book to be banned. If it was about one child not wanting to read a book, then it would be different, but these parents want the whole school to stop reading a book that they dislike.
Banning a book, or book burning for adults, I feel is different than, choosing what books children in schools, should, and should not read. What books are okay, and what ones aren't? I don't know. Each parent should decide. Perhaps the PTA can have a list of books that they can vote on.

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Yes that might be a nice idea have a list of preapproved books that the children can chose from based on their personal values in language and religion. That way there is no hard feels between school and students/parents.

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Banning books of any kind can lead to what the book Fahrenheit 451 was written about. Where do we stop? If we ban this book then why is that book still on the shelf? Now if these books are banned then why are we allowing our children to listen the music that tells them to go out and kill someone or to do drugs? If we start with just banning one book we are leading ourselves down a path that will get ugly real fast. I say ban nothing and let kids have the freedom to choose what they wish to read.

I do not understand how one can have a problem reading a swear word or read about burning the bible when they hear swear words most of the day to include in their music.

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KNtoran, I agree with you, I heard about banning books, even book burning, yet I"ve rarely have heard of banning bad music.

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Well think about it. If you start to ban books then what is safe from being banned? Do we stop at just banning some books or do we ban music or advertising? What about shows on tv? Do we ban movies too?

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Like I said, I feel there is a difference between banning things for adults, and not allowing children to read something. If an adult wants to read a nasty book, then so be it, yet if a child wants to, then there should be safeguards, like at movies have with the rating system that won't let children in without an adult.
Should schools be a place where anything and everything is allowed, like "adult" magazines, or books? I don't think so. If you like your children reading these things, then fine, but don't force my child to read it for the sake of "free speech".
I agree that we are giving people that like to ban anything and everything a foothold to go further, but I don't feel that we should stop, or give in to their strong-arm tactics when they do use that foothold to go higher.