Comments on: Banned Books Week http://www.insomnicdreams.com/2009/09/03/banned-books-week/ Just Another Geek Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:25:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan Kleinman http://www.insomnicdreams.com/2009/09/03/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Dan Kleinman Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:57:36 +0000 http://www.insomnicdreams.com/?p=714#comment-1424 <a href="#comment-1413" rel="nofollow">@Insomnic </a> Thanks. I note you said, "In the spirit of Banned Book Week, I approved Dan's comment to be posted even though I don't agree with it." Note that a number of sources, including those of the ALA itself, are not approving my comments or are removing them. You have obviously understand the total hypocrisy in "banning" or "censoring" my comments on "banned" books during BBW. For that, I congratulate you. @Insomnic
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I note you said, “In the spirit of Banned Book Week, I approved Dan’s comment to be posted even though I don’t agree with it.” Note that a number of sources, including those of the ALA itself, are not approving my comments or are removing them. You have obviously understand the total hypocrisy in “banning” or “censoring” my comments on “banned” books during BBW. For that, I congratulate you.

]]> By: Insomnic http://www.insomnicdreams.com/2009/09/03/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 Insomnic Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:14:16 +0000 http://www.insomnicdreams.com/?p=714#comment-1413 No books have been banned on a national level, but many books are challenged and are banned (also known as removed) from specific school and public libraries. There are also people who purposefully go into libraries and deface books - such as blacking out nudity in art history books. Banned Book Week is designed to promote the awareness of all forms of censorship and to celebrate free speech. Dan's blog is specifically geared towards the promotion of applying local laws to libraries instead of using American Library Association guidelines - that is what usually ends up allowing books to be removed from local public libraries and schools. Libraries use ALA guidelines to help fight to keep books on the shelves when people like Dan want to remove them. In the spirit of Banned Book Week, I approved Dan's comment to be posted even though I don't agree with it. If you wish to debate with Dan, you can do so at <a href="http://safelibraries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">his blog</a> - where I am happy to see him exercising his right to free speech. No books have been banned on a national level, but many books are challenged and are banned (also known as removed) from specific school and public libraries. There are also people who purposefully go into libraries and deface books – such as blacking out nudity in art history books. Banned Book Week is designed to promote the awareness of all forms of censorship and to celebrate free speech.

Dan’s blog is specifically geared towards the promotion of applying local laws to libraries instead of using American Library Association guidelines – that is what usually ends up allowing books to be removed from local public libraries and schools. Libraries use ALA guidelines to help fight to keep books on the shelves when people like Dan want to remove them.

In the spirit of Banned Book Week, I approved Dan’s comment to be posted even though I don’t agree with it. If you wish to debate with Dan, you can do so at his blog – where I am happy to see him exercising his right to free speech.

]]> By: Dan Kleinman http://www.insomnicdreams.com/2009/09/03/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Dan Kleinman Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:28:07 +0000 http://www.insomnicdreams.com/?p=714#comment-1412 No books have been banned in the USA for about a half a century. See "<a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/sowell/" rel="nofollow">National Hogwash Week</a>." No books have been banned in the USA for about a half a century. See “National Hogwash Week.”

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