BANNED BOOKS - SHOULD THE BOOKS BE BANNED? WHY BAN BOOKS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Conclusion: "You thought, this book cannot be banned, it was. Check this out"

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html

(The Salmander has collected excerpts from the article, that is worthy of being commented, elese a lot of information that may or may not be appropiate. Books, should never be banned? Should they be banned? You can comment to express your opinion).

" The Bible and The Koran were both removed from numerous libraries and banned from import in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1956. Many editions of the Bible have also been banned and burned by civil and religious authorities throughout history. Some recent examples: On July 1, 1996, Singapore convicted a woman for possessing the Jehovah's Witness translation of the Bible. A 2000 US government report reported that Burma (also known as Myanmar) bans all Bible translations into local indigenous languages. (The military dictatorship of that country also required modems to be licensed, so residents of Burma, like NetNanny users, are not likely to see this page.) Distributing Bibles, along with other forms of proselytizing by non-Muslims, is also banned in Saudi Arabia, according to this State Department report. "

"The Savannah Morning News reported in November 1999 that a teacher at the Windsor Forest High School required seniors to obtain permission slips before they could read Hamlet, Macbeth, or King Lear. "

"In Mark Twain's lifetime, his books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were excluded from the juvenile sections of the Brooklyn Public library (among other libraries), and banned from the library in Concord, MA, home of Henry Thoreau. In recent years, some high schools have dropped Huckleberry Finn from their reading lists, or have been sued by parents who want the book dropped."

"Many "classics" (and their authors) were regarded as scandalous when they were first published, but after the author was safely dead they were relegated to high school English classes and largely forgotten by most people. However, in 1978 the Anaheim (California) Union High School District woke up to the danger of George Eliot's Silas Marner and banned it. I would be gratified (and not at all surprised) if there was a sudden surge of interest in Eliot among Anaheim students afterwards. Also banned there, according to the Anaheim Secondary Teachers Assocation, and as reported in Dawn Soya's Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, was Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, for its depiction of the behavior of Scarlett O'Hara and the freed slaves in the novel. (While Mitchell may no longer be living, though, her copyright lives on in the US, so Americans will have to read a print copy instead of the online version.)
John Locke's philosophical Essay Concerning Human Understanding was expressly forbidden to be taught at Oxford University in 1701. The French translation was also placed on the Index.
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was banned from classrooms in Midland, Michigan in 1980, due to its portrayal of the Jewish character Shylock. It has been similarly banned in the 1930s in schools in Buffalo and Manchester, NY"

"This exhibit only represents books that are available online. The best comprehensive review of censorship through history that I have seen online is The File Room exhibit, begun at the University of Illinois, particularly its literature section. (The exhibit originally dates from 1994, but has been updated since.)
The Beacon for Freedom of Expression, a project of the Norwegian Library Association, also has an extensive database on censored publications, as well as publications about censorship and freedom of expression.
PEN, an international group of writers, keeps track of censorship and oppression of writers worldwide. Their US and Canadian sites are good starting points for current information on censored writers."

Duarmers - What definition will you give this word to?

This word came up when I was posting the previous post Mitchell and web one.

Something that is worth living for is WHAT? What do you think?

[ PIPE LANGUAGE ][ I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT LANGUAGE IS THIS ][ BUT IT'S REALLY COOL ][ WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LANGUAGE ]

The content is from Micheal Jackson, Don't know what this language is, but it's really cool. Really love the way, circles, open squares are used. It's like an Egyptian design pattern.

What do you think about it?

இசைக் குடும்பத்தில் ஏழாம் பிள்ளை. 1971இல் 11 வயது குழந்தையாக இருக்கும்பொழுது இவரின் நான்கு சகோதரர்களுடன் ஜாக்சன் 5 என்ற இசைக்குழுவில் சேர்ந்து புகழ் அடைந்தார். கிங் அஃப் பாப் (பாப் இசையின் மன்னர்) என்ற சிறப்புப் பெயரால் அழைக்கப்படுகிறார். இவரால் வெளியிட்ட இசைத்தொகுப்புகளில் ஐந்து உலகெங்கும் பெருமளவில் விற்பனை செய்யப்பட்டதாகும். 1982இல் வெளிவந்த த்ரிலர் உலகில் பெருமளவில் விற்பனை செய்யப்பட்ட இசைத் தொகுப்புகளின் பட்டியலில் முதலாம் நிலையில் உள்ளது.

http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D

ARE BOOKS THE SLOW VERSION OF FILMS?

No they are not, they are far better, entertaining and fulfilling version of films.

Compare any movie script with a movie. It's just small. And have a little or no wisdom involved, it ends abruptly in a movie, you seek action, entertainment, thrill, drama, romance and adventure at the same time. It can only be given by PICTURES and not words.

Yes, it's true, a picture says a thousand words. But why books then, why are books WAY MORE ENTERTAINING, simply because, BOOKS MAKES YOU IMAGINE YOUR OWN PICTURE, Your own drama, the colors, the images, the scenes, the faces, the surroundings you create yourself. It is as if you are living a dream. You are curious, you can control it, yet you wait for someone to feed you with words and then you translate it into your language in your words.

Movies, are played by real life actors. But books are played by the actors you create in your MIND'S EYE.

What do you think? In a professional world we live in, Yes, it's far far more easy to watch a movie, with bucket of chicken legs, coke and pop corn infront of you because you don't have time.

Holistic learning doesn't play any part in movies or at least a far less part. You try to get even faster and want to see the movie end. You are in a rush.

What's your point of view, would love to know?

See and read movie script:

http://www.awesomefilm.com/

HOW MUCH GMAIL SPACE ARE YOU USING RIGHT NOW?

You are currently using 1237 MB (16%) of your 7346 MB

WHAT CAN BE A Message That Will Truly Touch Your Heart ?

lOOk DOWN THIS LABEL [ CATEGORY IS ] NOW YOU ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS?

NAME HAPPIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD?

Is it

1. Your mind
2. New Zealand
3. Switzerland

Or somewhere you use. I don't have the slightest clue really.