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Top Banned Books of 2003

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the only-fit-for-printing dept.

michaelzhao writes "The ALA (American Library Association) recently published the new 100 most frequently banned books list of 2003. Of the banned books, Harry Potter was in the number 7th place in the most frequently banned. Also included were 'Where's Waldo' and 'The Giver' along with 'Goosebumps' and 'How to Eat Fried Worms.' These books were banned from various public institutions. This means that they were banned from various public libraries and public schools around the nation. (private schools, libraries, and institutions of higher learning don't count) The ALA encourages the people of the United States to fight against the book bans and read a banned book today!"

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  1. Re:How about... by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The TOS of the domain administrator decides what is right. And they decided they didn't think it did.

  2. Section? by bhirsch · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why is this under YRO? It seems like if it's not under Main, Books would be the most appropriate section.

  3. Re:So What? by suwain_2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess "Preview" is there for a reason. The "homo" in homosexuality was supposed to be italics, but then I meant to close the tag.

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  4. Re:So What? by Richard_at_work · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh no it shouldnt :) (hes behind you!)

  5. Kerry banned his own book by Brian+Stretch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kerry has prohibited the republishing of his 1971 book, "The New Soldier". Fortunately, you can read an OCR'd copy free online.

    C-SPAN has been replaying Kerry's "Winter Soldier" Senate testimony too. Surely someone's ripped it and posted it online somewhere?

    It's hard to make stuff disappear down the memory hole when it's backed up on the Internet.