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Cazio
Someone should take a real close look at the person who banned Winnie the Pooh for "dubious sexuality." They're hiding something.
greatgoatman
"Captain Underpants" has been challenged pretty much every year since it came out. It's incredibly beloved, just imagine it being gone.
HandoB4Javert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Chatterley%27s_Lover - Clint Eastwood's family name probably comes from where the book was set.
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
Who banned them?
NightingGale6
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Bustamanteh
I can see your reflection Op that's a sneaky selfie.
BuckinCrazy
Some thing something Hitler did it
nightlysloan
whatt! Lion the which and the wordrobe is seriously banned?
IAlwaysFavoriteFood
If theyre banned, why are they in the library
greatgoatman
They're not actually banned now, but they've been challenged, meaning someone WANTS them banned. This is about awareness, what COULD be.
TucoBenedictoPacificoJuanMariaRamirez
I wish they would tell us who said the quotes so we can have a trial in the court of public opinion.
Cheomesh
The Banned Book List just means you can't form a curriculum around it. Where's Waldo is on that list ffs
Kerbrary
As a professional librarian I'll give you an upvote!
flarflarf
I have sincere doubts that "not politically correct" was the reason for the ban on LW&W
acertainjenesaisquoi
Usually more the religious undertones.
SpookyKabukiTheater
I think you mean blatantly obvious overtones
RageCuddles
I mean sure, but it's a kid's book. I never got the religious stuff in it as a kid cause I knew nothing about the bible.
Totallyscrewedinaustin
That was a very good series. Am continually dissappointed that the movies never start with the first book though...
aeolous16
That's probs because LW&W was the first book in the series, not to mention more well known. Magician's Nephew came much later as a prequel.
TheMightyDio
The Magician's Nephew was my shit. One of the best books I've ever read.
SneakZ
That's where our free speech is headed.
freecreeperhugs
To be fair, book bannings have always been a thing.
Agent
I was expecting like, Mein Kampf and The Turner Diaries.
Locolarue
Mostly these are parents too lazy to educate their kids privately, so they object to the way the public school does it.
theonlyrexmitchell
From the thumbnail I thought 'Watermelon!'
NZSheeps
THIS IS EDUCATIONAL!
FireUpTheCloudCarLando
They got books that they can't read - BUT I GOT WATERMELON TO TEACH ME ALL I NEED
T0mmyH4wk
I may be pretty fucked up but I still think it is...
Kaitou
You saw fried chicken?
ocpetri22
I thought weird glory hole
ImgurZero
I don't see mein kampf
BobDobbs4U
They needed that space for the bible.
Mithi
Loaned out to Trump?
nosoupforoldmen
Mississippi ruled it a good and insightful read. Therefore it wasn't banned.
krillin123499
No wonder the bible is the most stolen book in the U.S.
eagerophiuchus
It's also the most-printed book ever. And best-selling. And most widely distributed. So it's really no surprise...
DysgraphicProgrammer
The bible is challenged so often because it's an obvious counter-move when religious moralists try to ban other books.
LongoloidFartExplosion
The gideons couldn't give me a copy.
machstormer
In the WORLD. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2013/06/07/bizarr">n-items/">http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2013/06/07/bizarre-stolen-items/ http://loverealm.org/the-worlds-most-stolen-book-the-bible/
TalkRlyehianToMe
What's the difference to those people
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IronicUsername
That strikes me as extraordinarily unlikely and I can't find a source to substantiate it. All I can find it "most stolen book."
Howtogrowwood
Fuck anyone who bans books.
LordNoodles
What about the anarchist cookbook?
OnlyBegottenDaughter
is this for real? i mean - are these books truly banned in public libraries? i can't even see these books being banned in school libraries.
FlatPlutoSociety
Not really in public libraries (in the US), but books like this are occasionally banned in public school libraries.
Tuomir
I'm pretty sure it's a statement.
darsfog
At one point or another these books were challenged/banned in a school/library. Read more at www.ala.org/bbooks/about
Kinetica
Did you not read the writing in the first pic clearly showing this was making a statement about a few ruining things for all?
OnlyBegottenDaughter
clear as mud.
BenderBendingRrodriguez
*crystal
UnderwearThief
Crystal as mud.
Starcatcher1986
Banned book lists are generally quite local. Which means there are so many lists that if grab any classic, you'll find it banned somewhere.
timmmephisto
*In the US
Starcatcher1986
The US does not have a monopoly on banning books.
timmmephisto
You're right. But if you just look at democracies, there won't be many to find. Never heard of banned books in West European schools
BlueLube
Yup. They banned Harry potter at my high school library a few years ago.
CanYouFeckinNot
What was their reason for banning it?
Volt1ighter
Paganism
BlueLube
Witchcraft/magic, I think....its a small conservative town. Lol and now to think of it, I think that happened after our super religious 1/2
BlueLube
Teacher became assistant principal. 2/2
DoingItWrongSince1980
Well, there is more rape, murder, and incest in the bible than in Game of Thrones.
JAFIOI
And neither should be banned.
Mithi
But they both should stand in the Fantasy section.
Xoniac
E D G E
BewareTheJabberwockie
When I went to highschool Harry Potter got banned in our library for all of a week before kids brought the books to school to share...but>
BewareTheJabberwockie
> Im like 90% sure it was the librarians under handed way of getting kids to read more because like it spiked how many people were reading.
GreaterDog
I picked the most extreme case listed and discovered that a town in Poland banned Pooh for exactly his "dubious sexuality" (see reply) ①
GreaterDog
http://www.newsweek.com/very-brief-history-idiots-banning-winnie-pooh-286216 ②
GreaterDog
Article also mentions Pooh being banned in Russia because of a random image of Pooh with a swastika ③
Aklas
Banned Book Week is coming up, starts sept 27. Lots of libraries are trying to raise awareness about censorship around the world
OnlyBegottenDaughter
ok ... this makes far more sense to me.
kimbs246
These books actually were banned/challenged at one point.
FlareonTheFalseProphet
they once banned Where's Waldo, so i'm pretty sure they'll ban anything
chaoswolf1982
That's because two pages in the original printing had unseen but implied female toplessness. Not very good for a kid book.
FlareonTheFalseProphet
yeah and the image was smaller than a damn dime that's like banning The Rescuers because it had porn hidden in a window in one frame
chaoswolf1982
Well, Disney DID issue a recall of that film's on-shelf copies and reprinted the film with those frames absent.