Re: Books Banned in Utah.

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:

D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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Probably the problem is solved naturally, since at that age, you seldom
(I imagine) visit the library yourself but are taken there by your
teacher or parents. I think I was perhaps 12 or 13 when I started to
visit myself and perhaps 16 or 17 when I stopped. At the end I mostly
borrowed programming books.

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My mother forbade me from reading Ben Bova and Heinlein because they
were not books for nice people.  Were it not for friendly librarians and
the ability to walk to the library I might be a very different person today.
--scott

Wow! Very fascinating! I can understand (but not agree) people banning the bible, quran, Mein Kampf, terrorist texts, pornography in their homes and not wanting their children to read it, but Heinlein?!
I had no idea he was so sensitive in certain circles.
Did you grow up in a very ideological home with politically active parents?