I do not support banning books, but I do support making parental decisions as to the appropriateness of particular books based on the age and maturity level of a child.
Excellent summation.
I, personally, am appalled by censorship and regard the written word with a great deal of reverence regardless of my personal appreciation of the work (or lack thereof). But I respect that other parents want to control what their children are exposed to... as long as they don't remove things that they find objectionable
on behalf of others, then I have no problem with that. Removing Huck Finn from a school library, however, is both rude and presumptuous in the extreme.
Banning
anything* is probably 'bad' in my estimation. In case that wasn't clear.
* assuming that we are discussing materials in which fundamental safety and human rights were not being violated for the purpose of producing the work, I mean. So yes, child pornography is not "protected" here in my mind for that reason, nor is the portrayal of animal abuse or acts of terrorism staged for the production of the work in question.
