Libraries Release Most-Censored Books List

destinyland writes "The American Library Association released this year's list of the most-frequently censored books. (Included in the top 10 are two best-selling novels — Twilight and The Hunger Games — as well as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.) The annual list celebrates 'the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment,' according to the library association, highlighting 'the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship.' Interestingly, seven of the ten most-censored books are now available on Amazon's Kindle — more than twice as many as last year."

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Not really censored

[phantomfive]

In this age of hyperbole, where everything is worked up to be a huge scandal (Obama is the antichrist, Bush is Hitler, and social security is a Ponzi scheme), it's worth mentioning that censorship here is not government censorship, it means someone decided to remove that book from their library. All these materials are easily available elsewhere.

And frankly, if they're going to remove something from their library, Twilight is a great choice. Bravo, friends, bravo.

Re:Not really censored

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't even really mean that someone removed the book from their library. If you read carefully it says that these are the most challenged books, where a challenge is defined as a formal written complaint or request to remove the book from the library. None of these materials are actually censored.

But, the editors here clearly self-censored and chose not to read the article before posting it.

Captcha: "paranoia" (somewhat apt).

Challenged isn't censored

[jevring]

The article lists the most *challenged* books. Challenging a book doesn't result in it being censored. The title of the article is incredibly misleading.

Re:It amazes me that books like these are censored

[narcc]

I'm fairly sure the bible never commands anybody to kill non-believers.

Give Deu. 17:3-5 a quick read. You don't get much more explicit than that.

Honestly, I don't see how you could have missed it. Joshua slaughtered just about everyone in Canaan -- with more than a bit of divine assistance.

Re:It amazes me that books like these are censored

[KiloByte]

not a iota or a dot will go away [from OT] before the world ends * Matthew 5:18-19

not a single letter of the OT can be invalid * Luke 16:17

all scripture counts * 2 Timothy 3:16

it is not up to personal interpretation * 2 Peter 20-21