Banning books and censorship

[dimpy.handa]

Is it reasonable to permit the School Administration to ban books they feel are inappropriate due to language or topic? Or should it be a group effort with the administration and parents?
In my opinion it should come in a case-by-case basis. The book "Rainbow Boys" is banned in a few Elementrary school libraries around here for obvious reasons. As far as I know, however, high schools in my area are fairly uncesnored-officially, at least.

In addition, living in Texas, carrying that title around would almost translate into, "Please, jump me after school."

Of course, this an extreme example, and if anything would just result in alienation from the small minded and weak willed.

In addition, I don't mind certain books being banned like, "A Guide to School Shootings." I wouldn't be surprised if this waqs a real title, actually. You get the idea. But, I imagine I'm getting off topic. The question was about geenral censorship, not specific obvious examples. And to be honest my school cna do whatever they want, the library is filled with Junior high level reading with the exception of a few admirable authors.

 

[swatiraohnlu]

The question that faces us in the future is 'when do we stop?' Do we remove mythology and Arthurian legends because of its references to magic? Do we strip the shelves of medieval literature because it presupposes the existence of saints? Do we remove Macbeth because of the murders and witches? I think there is a point where we must stop.

 

[dimpy.handa]

As long as humans have sought to communicate, others have sought to prevent them. Every day someone tries to restrict or control what can be said, written, sung, or broadcast. Almost every idea ever thought has proved objectionable to one person or another, and almost everyone has sometimes felt the world would be a better place if only "so and so" would go away.Books are still challenged and banned in the United States and around the world. Books lke Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," and Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" are still among the most frequently challenged books, but other books have been repressed on political, social, or sexual grounds.