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amazed1 year, 8 months ago
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This was quite interesting, but not much new. From the headline, I was expecting instances of the gov't censoring thing from the general public == kind of like the censoring of the public airways that goes on continually -- you know, no nudity, no seven words, etc.
Almost without exception, the censorship you have listed here (except Lady Chatterly's Lover) is either 1. in the distant past, 2. in a distant country or, 3. banned from school boards, but not the general public.
It is school boards mandate (no matter how misguided they may be) to try to protect our little one's young, malleable and fragile minds (yeah, that's sarcastic).
It is the general banning of expression that I find much more alarming -- TV censorship, politically correct speech and, like that. I really can't get too worked up about a school district taking (or not ordering) books from the school library or taking them off some list.
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amazed1 year, 8 months ago
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C'mon, now, be honest -- how often did you ever actually read any of the books you were supposed to WHEN you were supposed to.
And, be honest again, didn't you REALLY go out of your way to get your hands on those books that you knew were banned?
My son had to read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" BEFORE his freshman year in high school. I gotta tell you, he REALLY wasn't ready for it, it did nothing good for him and he still lists it (he's a senior in college, now) as the worst book he ever read. Maybe if he was older, it wouldn't have bothered him so badly (although it still haunts me -- and I read it at the same time).
Do I think it should have been banned from the high school? No, but I would have been quite upset if it had been recommended reading for my middle schooler (although it was close the way it was assigned) or my grammar school kid.
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Radiofreeeuropa1 year, 8 months ago
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I'm sorry if you were disappointed, Considerable Sounds focus is really the music aspect of the story, which is in 3 parts. Part one covered up to and including the 1960s. This installment covers 1970 through the 80s. The next installment will cover the 90s until the present (you may find this one more interesting). The background info about book bans is simply that...background. What I think matters here is the change in the methodology of censorship. With the exception of the PMRC, censorship is being conducted through new means that often can not be blamed on government.
Part 1 can be found here:
http://music.propeller.com/story/2007/12/05/con...
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Radiofreeeuropa1 year, 8 months ago
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(The 3rd installment about contemporary issues is not yet published... but will be soon.) I do sympathize with your experience regarding "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" as whether or not a pre-high school student would be a good candidate for reading that one is certainly debatable. Though banning and not making something required reading are different issues entirely.
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amazed1 year, 8 months ago
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I agree that there is a huge difference between not banning something and requiring it to be read. I don't agree that removing stuff from school libraries is the same or even close to actually "banning" a book from, say, the public library or from being sold in your town or county or state-- such as Boston was known for doing up to and including the 1970's. Growing up in Connecticut, as kids, we couldn't believe that it was more than just a slogan.
As far as the other stuff, I guess I have to go back and look at the article again-- I didn't see any of that stuff ,. but I agree that, in many cases, it is the media and the proponents of political correctness that is far more stifling than the government.
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