No. But that's the way it is.

It's no different to banning films. There had been some films banned over the decades.

No. Books have changed throughout history according to the times. Words that are now offensive to us were normal once and that is reflected in literature. Should we not read "Gone With the Wind"? because it was made during slave times? Should we not enjoy "To Kill a Mockingbird" because we may not agree with the language. When you start cutting yourself off or boxing yourself in, you lose perspective. Stories should be enjoyed. All stories.

Banning books makes people want to read them.

The Bible. Read the book of deuteronomy for starters. It is all full of lies. Wars are all started over the belief in the lies of the bible. Women are treated like crapEdited 25-Aug-24 11:01am

Gender theory makes no perfect sense. Why would you allow such BS? It's being PC or woke.Edited 26-Aug-24 21:16pm

USSR suppressed writing against the state and these books were circulated in what was called "samizdat"- self publishing, typing them on typewriter and distributing among people you knew. So ban was not as effective as Soviet government wanted it to be. Yes, people went to jail and Gulag for that. In US, however, I see a certain level of ridiculous banning of the books that doesn't make sense- as in disagreeing with certain theories and then banning books on them. I would understand racist literature being banned, but things like gender theory and history? No, does not make sense.

When I was young and lived along the Mason Dixon Line, libraries did not ban books, but actually had rooms separated by age-appropriate literature. Parental permission could be given for a young person to advance to an older age group, or a school could give permission for researching a topic. I thought it was ridiculous, but not so much these days & I agree with Peter C, ratings may be a good answer.

I must of been asleep a long time cause I never knew that .I was incarcerated for a long time and sinced I refused to behave in school they banned me from reading books outside the educational building. I didn't know how to read nor write .I kept getting into trouble this time was for having books I I self taught myself to read and write English and spanish

This has been a conundrum since books began being produced. I struggle to accept that banning books is consistent with our liberal democratic values. But there should be some protection for immature minds from graphic or misleading content. So, as we put ratings on TV shows and movies, I think there should be something similar for books.

Yes any book that a s9 called author calls her memoirs should have to have a 3rdparty independent person scrutinise it first so the author doesnt demoralise innocent people in the pursuit of making money .

Books that encourage and show how to end your life.

No, they shouldn't be banned, or changed. History should be allowed to stand as it is.

Keeping books with inappropriate content out of libraries protects kids, but doesn't stop people from reading those books or prevent authors from writing them.

freedom means access to everything

We have allowed some people with very loud voices decide for us what we can and can't read, watch, believe or say. Whatever happened to freedom of speech? No-one gets disciplined, no-one gets punished and no-one fails today. An Australian court has even ruled that being a woman is not about your sex, it's more about how you feel. No book should be banned, if you commit a crime you should be punished, if you can't cut it with your peers you fail. We should be entitled to think what we think and believe what we believe and no law should prevent us from saying how we feel unless it really is hate speech and not the dribble that is claimed as hate speech today. The Australian Government is trying to pass a law where it decides what is and isn't hate speech, and yet people can stand in the streets burning flags and screaming abuse at others and that isn't hateful. The Nazi's burnt books but strangely the people calling most of us Nazi's because we don't agree with them on climate change and other minor issues are the ones burning and banning books. Back in the 1970's there was a very famous book that was made into a film which was also banned in Australia. Someone got hold of a copy of the book which I read and found it to be the biggest load of rubbish and a complete waste of my time. I don't know what reading it was supposed to do to me, I don't think I changed and it didn't change the way I felt about anything and if there hadn't been such a song and dance about it people like me wouldn't have wondered what was so insidious about it. Placing restrictions on some books yes but not banning them.

No, why would you ban books, Books are great for reading and writing

NO I do not believe in banning books. I prefer to live in a free world - as much as I can - NOT one controlled by authorities.

Ni books should nit be banned ever. Yes there are books I choose not to read,and believe some should never have been published. But that is my opinion. Many authors at the time of print wrote things that for the time were considered unworthy, insane or otherwise. And now considered great works ie Nostadamis( probably spelt wrong). I love my books,can't imagine life without.

I’m sure there are some books that should be banned but books are important as a learning tool and for entertainment.

Yes the Koran, it has caused more strife and unrest than all the other books written.

Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 Written in 1953. “It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found.”

It's up to the individual what they read providing the material is not accessed by children.Banning books just sounds like a control thing to me and hopefully people will wake up and see it for what it is.I don't condone certain books but that's just my own opinion and everyone is on their own journey.

WE LEARN FROM BOOKS

Generally i see books being banned by religious zealots more than anything else. No one should ban books as they are a freedom of expression. Communists and people like Hitler ban books and now democratic countries are doing it. Absolutely shameful that our so called democracies are turning into dictators.

NO! Nor should they be edited or modified. It is good to be able to read everything in the context and setting (and year that it was written).

Not banned. Age restrictions until kids are old enough to understand.

I definitely don't think they should be banned but age appropriate is important

Should thinking be banned?

Books are an expression of freedom of expression. If a book incites an individual to violence and hatred, maybe it should be banned. Who is going to be the one to ban it? Individuals see things from different perspectives.

I like very old books, so I don't like them being destroyed as it's old subject matters. Aquatarian books. Need to preserve the past.

No.

Some books don't belong in school they can actually teach more than reading about inappropriate kids books that should be in a public library

All books have to be age appropriate. But I would not ban books just because I didn't like them.

There are some books I would not want a 7 yr old to pick up and read. I think we have to look inside ourselves and consciously do the right thing. You all know the kind we don't want. I follow the master of knowledge and he knows.

No, written words are protected by the Bill of Rights, Freedom of Speech also applies to written words

The Koran should be banned as it teaches hatred, but the Bible teaches love and I am appalled that it is banned in some places.

Maybe

No

no

NO! Banning books is how the "absolute coward" tries to exercise control over what the truth is and who can access it. Remember, you are your own "censor control board." if you don't like what your reading, put the darn book down so someone else may learn about what you turned down.Edited 24-Aug-24 14:21pm

No...

They took all our History and very old books full of facts and first hand accounts etc etc etc and after a very long time, just in recent years in fact they gave them back in very, very poor conditions almost turned to dust. However our people who could remember things as had been recounted to them started rewriting and also wrote away to people who had fled and may still have some books if they could be archived and reproduced so people can read for themselves. Yes, I am one of those rare survivors from behind the Iron Curtain Eastern Block Country.

NO BOOKS SHOULD BE BANDED BUT THERE SHOULD BE AGE RESTRICTIONS.

No, even here in Australia where I grew up, the Government of the day, banned many books which they didn't approve of , but what did was to give so much free publicity for these books, which otherwise I would never had heard about

There are a lot of things that I never thought I'd see in America. The most disturbing one is that a convicted felon who is waiting sentencing can run for president while anyone else cannot even join the armed forces with a felon! How can he be commander in chief of the military? Aren't we wasting time when he could be receiving a prison sentence before the election? The other shocking thing is how he has so many supporters! If he's elected, we will lose all of our rights. He cares for no one except himself and people, which he can use to accomplish his goal of becoming a world leader!

That's truely sad and no I don't think books should be banned. Restricted yes as some books are very suggestive and are not to be read by the younger people although come on they more about sex that what I did back when I was a kid. It's called the internet and from even as young as the age of 7 they know what sex is and what it is all about sadly. Their childhoods is certainly different to mine. Banning books no I wouldn't thought that was a thing these days.

It's frowned upon because it's opening pandora's box. What next? Anyone who thinks burning books is a good idea is too easily offended.

R18 books of nudes should be band, no need for them anymore, kids get the wrong idea of these books, and I think it is discriminating to both sexes.

No, only restricted to the very young.

Absolutely not.

Been going on for years now I remember back in the 60/70 's masses of Americans burning books and then charging headlong into demanding that they be banned in schools. Things as controversial as Darwin's Origin of the Species are on that list of banned books because the people with no Science Education are claiming that they know more than the people who study Science.

no book should be banned. some may need to be restricted to some age groups but never banned

No

No

No

Books have been being banned in the US for over 200 years..... This is nothing new.... But glad to see you've finally become enlightened about this fact. Onya Dickie!

No use banning the book. It actually creates more interest. The material can still be accessed online.

Books that promote hate, violence, bigotry should definitely be banned. Books that include hate/violence/bigotry as part of the story should not be banned

Absolutely not! ..... I love my physical books and would not subscribe to any Kindle type service .... reminds me when books were being burnt during the German occupation in WWII ..... 😡

No, we all should have free choice on what we want to read. But if at library an young child picked out an inappropriate book, the Librarian should point it out to maybe the caregiver of the child.

Books give children an outlet to their imagination and should never be banned. Even selective reading shields people from finding out important information no matter how trivial or bad some might think it is at least it puts things in perspective.

The way that America is going it’s “ Goodbye USA hello Gilead “

Books should never be banned. Maybe some families might put an age limit on some. I have read Mein Kampf and it probably isn't G rated. Reading is the greatest source of information we have.

Generally I am against book banning. The problem is that it is those in power who are banning books usually do it to either prevent criticism of their ideology, silence whistleblowers and to impose their religious or social structure beliefs onto others by stifling ideas that contradict it. I do think there are some exceptions as in white supremicist nazi type propaganda, as this shit genuinely hurts a lot of people who have done nothing but simply exist. However I am not convinced banning even in these cases is an effective way to manage them. It drives this crap underground and feeds their grandious victim mentality and conspiracy theories. Maybe shining a light on these ideas and showing how abhorent they are might be better than pushing them underground and have them thriving on the notoriety of being "forbidden".

no

I love books and it would really upset me if books should be banned

Absolutely not.

No! Absolutely never. We need all literature.

The Vatican used to ban lots of books., It was a good indication for what books to read... smirk.

No just because companies are trying to force technology like app book I rather like a hard cover book it don't get deleted like technology

No, a billion times NO. We may not like what somw pepole think, write and publish but if we ban those publications how are we going to keep tabs on what people are thinking? How are we going to know if one of our children is being redicalised? Start banning books etc. and we are descending into Nazism, Communism, Fascism and any other "ism" which seeks to control how we think, what we believe, to hide the Truth. The Imprisonment of the Mind.

Should the freedom of speech, curfews, paper money and where we live and go also be banned or regulated?

Not at all. I am an avid reader and I decide what I like to read. If it doesn't interest you don't buy it or discuss it with anyone. We all have different tastes as with movies.

NO.WHY?

I remember when the book The Group was banned, I read it while I was on a train and had it in a brown paper bag. I was only about 17 at the time. I thought I was being very brave. It is almost laughable now, the very adult was on about one page only. So no do not ban books we do not want a repeat of what happened during the war in Germany.

NO

No, no, no!

Books should never be banned. However, some books should not be allowed in public schools for minors. Adults should have access to all books.

Books should never be banned. Just because one person does not agree with the content of a certain book it does not mean that the book has no value or meaning for someone else. Why try to control the way a person thinks or believes by controlling what they read? Instead allow them to grow and flourish with knowledge.

I have never heard of this. I live in Australia.

i didn't think they could ban books 1st amendment rules and all that, they try to control what we read by banning books in schools and such, i am sure the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/Harry Potter/Romeo and Juliet/To Kill A Mockingbird all have bans on them for subject issues or excessive word use of now inappropriate words, banning books is about control, yet you can buy books how to get away with murder, how to cook meth, etc can you read these books at school or in a library no, but you can get them on amazon or eBay, it's a very fickle world we live in

No they shouldn’t be banned. Appropriate content for appropriate audience should be considered when selecting a book for a child obviously, but there should always be a choice.

No. Books have always been sectioned in the appropriate categories based on content. If you ban books then ban the internet; that exposes more than books !

I dont think books should be baned I havent heard of any being baned in Australia

Maybe you need to go to a library and learn factual history. USA is not known for truth. BOOKS were banned in the USA when books were banned in USSR, USA is not the paragon of virtue, it pretends. History is so different to USA daytime soap opera episodes.. Edited 24-Aug-24 08:12am

No

There are definitely some fringe-view books books that should be banned and destroyed, but not any normal books. The banning or re-editing of normal books (as well as movies, TV shows, etc.) simply because it might offend a small group people is utterly ridiculous.

I bet there are many new books on the controversial topic of climate change too. I hope people are not so foolish to waste money on such unproven science.

All books can be subjected to reviewers. So, some books aren't always truly factual in its contents. That's why we have paid reviewer's to offer their opinions. Even many old science books are no longer considered that valid. Due to science changing their views and new technology data inputs. I just wonder how much lies we will get from AI? They can now write you a book. Lol

It appears New Zealand also bans books, the latest being The great big narcotics cookbook in 2018, the other 1313 were banned by the Indecent publications tribunal before 1994, interesting facts…

The bible isn't necessarily false. Based on Jesus teaching.

the bible, Kuran and all other fictional books used to control the human population, i'm sure i will get some disagreement, i am against banning of any books that are fact based🤨

No, write more talk less

None.

Russia would still ban certain books today. It's not about what happened years ago. They have a right to decide what's appropriate for their kids. So really depends on what they are banning.

depends on what it is written, some contents are very extreme and violent and some are good stores

I think that any responsible parent would vet the books that their children read!

Depends what's being banned. I think LGBTQI books should not be available to kids and smutty books that make a bad impression on kids. If it's history books, as long as they are factual then I don't think they should be banned. Kids do need protection from bad books, like bad internet sites.

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