“If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.”
---U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan
writing in the case Texas vs. Johnson, regarding the issue of flag burning as it pertains to free speech.
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. {italics mine}
---American Library Association
BOOKS BANNED BY WORLD GOVERNMENTS THAT I’VE READ:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—China
All Quiet on the Western Front—Nazi Germany
American Psycho—Australia
Animal Farm—Russia, Kenya, United Arab Empires
Brave New World—Ireland
Da Vinci Code—Lebanon
Diary of Anne Frank—Lebanon
Dick and Jane—Soviet Russia
Howl—United States
Lolita—France, United Kingdom, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa
The Lottery (short story)—South Africa
The Metamorphasis—Nazi Germany
Naked Lunch—United States
1984—Soviet Union (ban lifted in 1990)
LIST OF CHALLENGED / BANNED BOOKS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT I’VE READ (and I’m sure this is only a partial list… interestingly enough, over ½ are children/young adult/teen books):
1. 1984
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. A Light in the Attic
4. A Wrinkle in Time
5. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6. American Psycho
7. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
8. Babbitt
9. Blubber
10. Brave New World
11. Bridge to Terabithia
12. Captain Underpants
13. Carrie
14. Cat’s Cradle
15. Catch-22
16. Catcher in the Rye
17. Cat's Cradle
18. Charlotte’s Web
19. Christine
20. Daddy's Roommate
21. Fade
22. Fahrenheit 451
23. Final Exit
24. Garfield Treasury #16
25. Girl, Interrupted
26. Gone with the Wind
27. Goosebumps (series)
28. Halloween ABC
29. Harry Potter (series)
30. Heart of Darkness
31. Heather Has Two Mommies
32. Hills Like White Elepahnts (short story)
33. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
34. How to Eat Fried Worms
35. I am the Cheese
36. I Like Guys (short story)
37. In the Night Kitchen
38. Invisible Man
39. James and the Giant Peach
40. Joy of Sex
41. Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky, Peeky Spying
42. Killing Mr. Griffin
43. Little Black Sambo
44. Lolita
45. Lord of the Flies
46. Lord of the Flies
47. Lord of the Rings series
48. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
49. Of Mice and Men
50. Old man and the Sea
51. On the Road
52. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
53. Pinkerton, Behave!
54. Private Parts
55. Rabbit, Run
56. Sex (Madonna’s book)
57. Slaughterhouse-Five
58. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
59. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
60. The Amulet of Samarkand
61. The Anarchist Cookbook
62. The Catcher in the Rye
63. The Chocolate War
64. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
65. The Dead Zone
66. The Egypt Game
67. The Giver
68. The Golden Compass
69. The Handmaid’s Tale
70. The Lorax (in California—it didn’t portray the logging industry very nicely)
71. The Lovely Bones
72. The Maltese Falcon
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
(challenged in March of 2010—here’s a screen cap from the ALA’s list of challenged books for 09-10 since I know you won’t believe me... Its at the bottom in the PDF file for this year
73. The New Joy of Sex
74. The Stupids
75. The Supernaturalist
76. The Veldt (short story)
77. The Wind in the Willows
78. The Witches
79. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
80. To Kill a Mockingbird
81. Walter the Farting Dog
82. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
83. Where Did I Come From?
84. Where Willy Went
85. Winnie the Pooh
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