Do you think that banning books hinds tolerance and acceptance?
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If you mean does it HINDER  (prevent or drastically slow) tolerance and acceptance--\n\nyes-- banning books does hinder tolerance and acceptance!!!\nWe have to have a free exchange of information and knowledge, a free exchange of ideas and opinions. . . to learn tolerance and gain wisdom. \n\nHave you read "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury?  Wonderful book on this very subject.\n\nAlso ask your librarian for a  list of "banned books"  You will be SHOCKED at the censorship of really fine books over time. . . Knowledge is power.  Trust people to think and read and live for themselves.\n\nGreat question!!! thank  you
434906
"A Modest Proposal" is a satirical story aimed at England's treatment of the Irish. It does not actually advocate eating children. No material should be banned from a library. Censorship is never the answer. You should try to learn more about what the material is actually saying before jumping on the censorship wagon.
812069
No. Christians just need to display the tolerance they are supposed to have. And if they get offended by a question then they should avail themselves of the opportunity to not answer and find one they like better.
463640
nope.there can only be tolerance if ppl bacome sheep.one sheep's view is every sheep's view.No reason to disagree.
916143
to me i think tolerance is like manners .it shouldn`t need to be taught .If you grow up in an enviroment where every one is good mannered you will behave in the same way and it will stay with you for life  as something you do as naturally as breathing .and  it`s the same way with open mindedness and tolerance and even knowing right from wrong As much as we don`t like the idea when we are young most people at some point realise that they have turned into one or the other of their parents.
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Simple, they have to avoid books which parents will find controversial or inapproate for there kids. Many parents over-shelter there kids and force the school board to take the path of lest resistance, with simple boring books. They are in a way politicians are are forced to do the bidding of the people who vote them on the board.
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Nothing should be banned.  If any person's ideas and/or religion are so fragile that they can't stand a little open discussion or a fictional movie or book based on them, then why would you believe in it?  Any religion that demands the you "BELIEVE OR ELSE!" and never question it is a religion based on fear, not on love of your creator and goodwill towards men.
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Book banning is censorship and occurs most likely in schools and libraries.\n\nMany books that are banned are books about magic and spells - although not all of them are.\n\nIf you wonder why today's young people are so fascinated with them (magic and spells) it's because they were not exposed to them early in life with their parent's engaging them in conversations about it.\n\nI was exposed to magic and witchcraft through books and magazines before I was 12. Friends and I tries spells, which failed  - of course. I left that all behind long, long time ago.\n\nNot exposing children to certain subjects ONLY means they will be exposed as adults and may develop a fascination with them that can last for years.\n\nOf course the people who follow certain Christian faiths don't think about that and only blindly follow their current leader. So they contact the local school board and libraries and demand these books be banned.\n\nIf their are a large number of people demanding banning and no-one opposing the ban, then the books get pulled until enough people get pissed about the banning and petition them back on the shelves.\n\nA bookstore owner may pull these titles off of the shelf so that  they can continue to do business in a community. But, more often than not they WILL order books for customers. \n\nSince you can order almost any book online nowadays, book banning returns to it's roots of localized stupidity.
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It really depends on what you mean by censored. There definitely has to be some oversight on what our kids are exposed to in school... in fact, I think at times there is too much oversight. But, to say that there should be no censorship or oversight I think would be a mistake. There are too many differing points of view on too many issues. Imagine the chaos that would be caused if the teaching environment was not controlled somehow.
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The link that I am providing is the American Library Association's list of the 100 most banned books for 1990-2000.\n\nNOTE: The Bible is not is not among those banned.  The first person who responded first does not have a clue as to what they are talking about.
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I agree. 100%.\nIf religious people say things, we are swiftly "shut up" and our posts deleted.\nBut secularists can say almost anything and get by with it. They can offend us. They can attack our beliefs.\n\nI have found ridiculous posts on here. Vile posts. As long as it is religion under attack it appears to be accepted on here.
650293
Definitely!The term education is not just restricted to your textbooks.The term education encompasses moral as well as literary values.A world without proper education cannot be better place to live.Today,if we have the anti-socialists,the nationalists,the fanatics and the insurgents....the prime reason behind this is that they didn't get a proper educational backing.
539839
Should they be banned from having and/or expressing their opinions because they disagrees with yours?
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I think censorious people are pretty self-righteous, and probably believe that they are taking offensive books off the shelves for the good of the public.  Makes them feel they are justified, and they get still more self-righteous.  It's a delusion, but not one we can help them with.  We need to fight on the basis of free speech, not on a self-righteous attempt to "cure" self-righteousness!
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As a public school librarian (K-8) I feel it is important to make available all books. However, budget constraints force me to choose mostly books that appeal to the most students. Captain Underpants may not be my choice for a student to read, however, if the students are asking for this title I will order it. What tends to drive my selection more is not self censorship but pressure from parents not to shelve a certain title. I try to preview  most titles for objectionable words, etc. and go from there. When I have a complaint from a parent I remind them that it is easier for them to check their child's book when they get home than for me to know what is acceptable for 500 plus students. An interesting thing to consider is the reverse, do we tend to pick books that appeal to us as a reader? I am a big Civil War buff and my library happens to have a dandy selection of books in the 970 Dewey decimal catagory!!!
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I think whomever told you about Fahrenheit 451 must have confused you with the subject of the story, since it is about books being outlawed and an individual who tries to save them.\n\nSeveral books have been banned in the U.S, among them James Joyce's Ulysses, considered one of the best novels of the 20th century. Many other books have been banned in smaller communities, even recently, anymore those tend to be isolated incedents, I'd like to think in this day and age State or Federal authorities wouldn't be able to wholesale ban something based on 1st amendment rights. The link below from the University of Pennsylvania outlines some bannings, not only in the United States but abroad as well.
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Physics tolerates us. \nYou can choose to tolerate physics, or not. Depends on how motivated you are to understand the universe, really.