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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: 8 Aug 2024 21:14:47 -0000
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D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>I don't have children, but if I had, I certainly wouldn't mind if 
>pornographic magazines were banned from the school library (if we're 
>talking year 1-9).

Agreed, but the thing is all of those kids have seen hardcore porn already,
at least by the time they are 7 or 8 and have used the internet.  They don't
know what it is, they don't find it attractive, but they have seen it and
they know it exists.  So it's not worth putting a huge amount of effort into
keeping it out of libraries.

>I would mind however, if Mein Kampf, Maos red book or Das Kapital were 
>banned. I think those books are pure garbage, but at least it should be 
>possible for everyone to form his own conclusion, and Das Kapital is also 
>interesting from a history of philosophy point of view (which I personally 
>enjoy).

Agreed, but i'd also want librarians to explain the context behind it.
The same as they should do with any other book.
--scott
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