Re: Books Banned in Utah.

On Thu, 8 Aug 2024, Paul S Person wrote:

On Thu, 8 Aug 2024 10:38:24 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, Scott Lurndal wrote:
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ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:

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

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Once again: BS.
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Utah has decided those books

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What right does any state have to do that?
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That is either a very trivial question or a very interesting
philosophical/ideological question!

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And I suspect it has long been litigated and resolved.

True... but thing can chance. Just look at the abortion question. Wasn't that litigated and resolved, only to be "un-solved"?

In the 50s, I was restricted to the Kiddie Section of the local
library. This is the same as banning the books in the other section(s)
from the Kiddie Section. This sort of thing has a long history in the
USA.

I don't have children, but if I had, I certainly wouldn't mind if pornographic magazines were banned from the school library (if we're talking year 1-9).
I would mind however, if Mein Kampf, Maos red book or Das Kapital were banned. I think those books are pure garbage, but at least it should be possible for everyone to form his own conclusion, and Das Kapital is also interesting from a history of philosophy point of view (which I personally enjoy).

But the question is always: what are the criteria? Are they sensible
or are they ideological? Are the books banned banned for objective
reasons or because somebody doesn't like them (and usually hasn't read
them, as they "just no" they are trash)?
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Yes! These are the interesting questions! =)