When I was looking through the top 10 children's books that were banned, I was shocked. Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, these were stories that I grew up to, and I couldn't imagine anyone wanting to ban them. One comment that I thought was completely absurd was the reason why James and the Giant Peach was banned, because it contained to word "ass"... you have to be kidding me. Sure I remember if we were reading a book in class and the work "ass" was in there everyone had a little giggle, but other than that there was no detrimental effects to our livelihood. I have always been against banning books, if you are against the context of a certain book I have a simple solution for you, DON'T READ IT! People expect everyone to have the same beliefs as they do and if they don't, they shouldn't be heard.
When I heard that dictionaries were banned from schools I didn't even believe it. But sure enough, because a parent found the definition of "oral sex" in the dictionary it needed to be banned. First of all, what was this parent looking for the in the dictionary that they came across this and became so offended. Secondly, if you don't want your child to learn what it is from a dictionary, what are you going to tell them if they ask you what it is?? Absolutely ridiculous if you ask me. I hate the fact that classic books that have had such an impact on their readers and society, are being banned because a few people don't agree with the message. If it were up to me, I would not allow the banning of books, as I stated before, if you don't like it, don't read it!
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