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celebrate our freedom - read a banned book

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:49 pm
by lilyvonschtupp26
There was a cool gathering in the plaza outside Chicago Tribune Tower last week where people read excerpts from banned books.
here's a short video about the day:

http://alfocus.ala.org/videos/report-ba ... s-read-out

gotta go now. I'm going back to finish "The Earth, my Butt, and other big round things"! It's a great book.

Embrace the Lorax!
Did you know they wanted to ban Little Red Riding Hood because the illustrator put a bottle of wine in the basket for Granny?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:53 pm
by TheCalvinator24
Maybe I should re-read the Harry Potter series.

Again.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:02 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
A few years ago a parent tried to have all Halloween books banned from Emma's elementary school library, but it never happened.

The librarian was ready for a protest about The Higher Power of Lucky, but nobody said anything about it. Emma heard a discussion about various libraries trying to ban the book on NPR and it made her more inclined to want to read it.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:17 pm
by rayxtwo
I read a book about The Doors once. It was about a band they wanted banned :D


Ray

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:12 pm
by lilyvonschtupp26
let's just try to work the word "scrotom" into our everyday vocabulary, and then people won't get their shorts in a knot over "The Higher Power of Lucky". I read the book. It was terrific.

Let's celebrate the Lorax, Huckleberry Finn, Big Butts, and Little Red Riding Hood (and of course our lovable wizard Harry!)

good night.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:04 pm
by TheConfessor
lilyvonschtupp26 wrote:let's just try to work the word "scrotom" into our everyday vocabulary, and then people won't get their shorts in a knot over "The Higher Power of Lucky". I read the book. It was terrific.
In my official capacity of Forum Moderator, I just want to recommend that if you plan on using that word a lot, you should spell it "scrotum," not "scrotom." As a1mamacat noted, all forum monitors have scrota, so this might be a sensitive subject on the board.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:06 pm
by TheCalvinator24
Sometimes mine is more sensitive than other times.

:shock: