According to their logic, have these librarians banned any book containing, say, a photograph of Michaelangelo's "David," or similar statues, paintings, etc.?
I'd bet not.
Andrew
· 4 years ago
I have that book and I must say that it truely is very funny. Its not partisan either. It takes brutally honest shots at both sides.
All that aside, I don't see why the library cant just remove the page in question?
Rob
· 4 years ago
That might be a common-sense solution, Andrew, but is that really a road we want to go down? Librarians removing pages they find objectionable from books? That's not somewhere I want to go.
Anyway, I believe they'd have to get the permission of the book's author before making a modification like that. I'm fairly certain Mr. Stewart wouldn't do it.
Rob
· 4 years ago
But Stewart would still have to be part of that compromise. I don't see that happening.
Andrew
· 4 years ago
I'd defenitely agree that it isn't a road I'd want to go down. But I find this a bit different then other bans. It was banned for unneccessary (although quite funny) nudity. If they wanted to ban words of a book, then I'd totally agree that it is wrong. But I'm not sure nudity is the same thing.
I'd agree with your idea to seperate the book into an adult only section, as the words alone are already vulgar and offensive enough by themselves. I just personally think that if the only reason the book would be banned was for its nudity, then it would be better to compromise then to have it banned. America has never been comfortable with nudity. We must understand that and take things in small, gradual steps rather than leaps.
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I'd bet not.
All that aside, I don't see why the library cant just remove the page in question?
Anyway, I believe they'd have to get the permission of the book's author before making a modification like that. I'm fairly certain Mr. Stewart wouldn't do it.
I'd agree with your idea to seperate the book into an adult only section, as the words alone are already vulgar and offensive enough by themselves. I just personally think that if the only reason the book would be banned was for its nudity, then it would be better to compromise then to have it banned. America has never been comfortable with nudity. We must understand that and take things in small, gradual steps rather than leaps.