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tater · 01-08-11, 08:15 PM

Freedom of speech is binary, you have it, or you don't. If a party or symbol is banned you are not free.

That said, most of what people call "banning" of books os not banning at all. Banning requires that the government forbid a book. That means you cannot buy it, or own it.

No books are banned in the US. None.

A library not buying a book is not a "ban" a school not buying or teaching a book is not a "ban."

This is about censorship. I think a school buying a censored book shows them for what they are, a lessor school system. Just means my kids will have less competition to be the ruling class.

01-08-11, 08:15 PM	#22
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Freedom of speech is binary, you have it, or you don't. If a party or symbol is banned you are not free. That said, most of what people call "banning" of books os not banning at all. Banning requires that the government forbid a book. That means you cannot buy it, or own it. No books are banned in the US. None. A library not buying a book is not a "ban" a school not buying or teaching a book is not a "ban." This is about censorship. I think a school buying a censored book shows them for what they are, a lessor school system. Just means my kids will have less competition to be the ruling class.