Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024, JAB wrote:

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:06:50 -0400, Auric Hellman
<adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

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1974: Five residents of Strongsville, Ohio, sued the local Board of
Education to remove the novel from classrooms. They deemed the book
"pornographic" and said it "glorifies criminal activity, has a
tendency to corrupt juveniles, and contains descriptions of
bestiality, bizarre violence, and torture, dismemberment, death, and
human elimination".
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_(novel)
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Ahh... that was one of my questions... "why" were they banned. Thank you for the added information. I download copyrighted material sometimes, and I think the book could be what started my career as a criminal! ;)