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From: Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:31:49 -0400
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On 9/23/2024 11:20 PM, JAB wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:06:50 -0400, Auric Hellman
> <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
> 
> 1974: Five residents of Strongsville, Ohio, sued the local Board of
> Education to remove the novel from classrooms. They deemed the book
> "pornographic" and said it "glorifies criminal activity, has a
> tendency to corrupt juveniles, and contains descriptions of
> bestiality, bizarre violence, and torture, dismemberment, death, and
> human elimination".
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_(novel)




I've often wonder what possesses these holier than thou persons to seek 
out and read the books they find offensive. To me its all a lame excuse 
to start shit


-- 
Dr. Auric D. Hellman
adhellman1@gmail.com