Re: Books Banned in Utah.

On 8/08/24 09:47, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <v90pgc$3clah$1@dont-email.me>, Titus G  <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

Utah has banned 13 books, including Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
which basically claims that large corporations are not to be trusted
with science.
I do not know any of the other authors but Sarah J. Maas writes Fantasy.
James Nichol will be delighted that women are being recognised with
twelve of the thirteen books being written by women.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vQc_7uakPh4eRXrq0iVq-L2g-BwcnRWyfc7E0QOdrThoUEtPHQaDvJM4JwNFXV-HZQok4L-fDh_P9jt/pubhtml?pli=1

 
Once again: BS.

If it is bullshit, then I apologise. I have now read a little more and
had I known more originally, I could have worded the Subject more
accurately. My original source was the London paper, The Guardian.

Utah has decided those books are inappropriate for state funded
pre-college school libraries.  That is a choice the State Board of
Education is entitled to make.
 

According to your newspaper of record, the NY Times, it was a new state
of Utah law compelling the Education Board to ban books from schools
state wide if they have been banned by a (small) number of schools.
"The state of Utah has ordered schools to remove 13 books from
classrooms and libraries, including books by Margaret Atwood and Judy
Blume, because they have content considered pornographic or indecent
under a new state law."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/books/utah-public-school-book-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A04._hG5.z_-nL37gpewm&smid=url-share

Any kids who want a copy can browbeat their parents into buying one,
or find a copy in the adult section of a public library.