It's banned books week!

“It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.” — Judy Blume

I can’t believe the stupidity of people! It’s ok to burn our flag, (NOT!!) its fine to protest at the funeral of a fallen war veteran (How would you like it if I showed up at a family funeral service for you and shouted insulting words and carried signs!?!?!) You can’t have a confederate flag because that is racist, Confederate flags are as much a piece of history and heritage as anything else. We celebrate African American Month, Cinco de Mayo, Native American Month but southern history is to be completely decimated and forgotten? It may be a dark time of the country’s history, but southerners and their descendants have a right to see their heritage displayed!

And now for more stupidity. A list of banned books is once more being shown in honor of banned book weeks:

1) Harry Potter Series, JK ROWLING
2) To Kill a Mockingbird, HARPER LEE
3) The Color Purple, ALICE WALKER
4) The Outsiders, S.E. HINTON
5) The Lord of the Flies, WILLIAM GOLDING
6) Of Mice and Men, JOHN STEINBECK
7) Goosebumps Series, R.L. STEIN
8) How to Eat Fried Worms, THOMAS ROCKWELL
9) The Catcher in the Rye, JD SALINGER
10) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, MARK TWAIN
11) The Giver, LOIS LOWRY
12) Brave New World, ALDOUS HUXLEY
13) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, MARK TWAIN
14) The Adventures of Captain Underpants, DAV PILKEY
15) The Anarchist Cookbook, WILLIAM POWELL
16) Carrie, STEPHEN KING
17) Flowers for Algernon, DANIEL KEYES
18) The Dead Zone, STEPHEN KING
19) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, MAYA ANGELOU
20) Go Ask Alice, ANONYMOUS
21) The Chocolate War, ROBERT COMIE
22) James and the Giant Peach, ROALD DAHL
23) The Pigman, PAUL ZINDE
24) A Wrinkle in Time, MADELINE L’ENGLE

I don’t know about you all but not only have I read most of the above titles some of them were required reading when I was in school! When is it going to stop? They don’t allow these books to be read in school?

There is a list of the 100 most objectionable reads that can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm

Have you seen anyone standing outside the school protesting the censorship of these magnificent works of art? The answer is a resounding no! People think they’re making better use of their time protesting at funerals, griping about historical icons, and burning flags. Why don’t these people do something worthwhile? Work harder to stop drug dealers, protest the sex and violence on prime time television, a time that was once set aside for family programming and is now being filled with all sorts of objectionable material!

Get off your sticks or someone will pull them out of your butts and beat you with them!

Ok end of my rant. Stay tuned for more information about Storm’s release!

Huggles
Donica