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From: Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 17:56:01 +1200
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On 2/06/2025 3:08 p.m., Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On 29/05/2025 12:15, Ross Clark wrote:
>> On 29/05/2025 9:01 p.m., Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> On 25/05/2025 03:52, Mike Van Pelt wrote:
>>>> In article <100r948$bvlu$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> So some of the "top 100" seem to be (1) not
>>>>> actually banned, or (2) not the most popular.
>>>>
>>>> I still want to see a "Banned Book" list that is *books*
>>>> *that* *are* *actually* *banned*, as in not permitted to
>>>> be printed or sold.
>>>>
>>>> This "A grammar school librarian determines that this book
>>>> inappropriate for a grammar school library", or even
>>>> "One parent complained about this book, and their complaint
>>>> was reviewed and filed appropriately" is a pretty weak sauce
>>>> definition of "banned".
>>>
>>> I think that being seized and publicly burned
>>> should meet a reasonable condition of "banned",
>>
>> No, it doesn't. Banning is not merely hating or destroying. It's an 
>> institutional act, by a government, church, school board or whatever, 
>> decreeing that the book may not be sold/printed/possessed or whatever, 
>> by persons within that institution's jurisdiction.
>>
>>> and that happened in the U.S. to Harry Potter.
>>
>> Couple of times in the US (within this century), and once in Poland, 
>> judging by a quick search.
>>
>>> As for the year 2025, watch this space.
>>>
>>> Textbooks for anarchism, terrorism, and
>>> trade unionism also are dangerous to be
>>> seen with.
>>
>> Around where you live, you mean?
> 
> People are put in jail for possessing some
> of these, yeah.

Could you safely give an example?