Banned Books Week

Posted by Melissa Howard Oct 1, 2007

The American Library Association’s motto for Banned Books Week (September 29–October 6, 2007) Free People Read Freely ®, nearly says it all. They could go on to add Free People Think Freely.

Go to the ALA website and look through the list of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000. You will find something interesting about banned books. Most banned books fall into one of two categories. They are either poor quality books (written poorly or written on a faddish topic that won’t endure) or they are great works of literature. The books that are poor literature would have dropped off the radar if paranoid busy bodies had not tried to ban them. Paranoid busy bodies often misunderstand the great works of literature in the most laughable ways imaginable. The attempt to ban books is at its best a silly endeavor and at its worst the kind of big brother behavior that leads to the likes of Hitler.

Celebrate Banned Books Week by reading a controversial book and thinking for yourself and allowing others the same courtesy!