“Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents gave me. “-Judy Blume. As you grow into an adult your parents teach you how to make choices on your own so you can learn right from wrong and how to survive in the adult world on your own for the first time. Some people believe books should be banned because of inappropriate language or actions taking place in the book that the parent is not comfortable with their child reading. There will come a time in a child’s life where they are not children anymore and they would like to start making their own decisions. Banning books is taking away the choice an individual has the right to when deciding to read a book, everyone has the right to make their own choices.
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Books are usually challenged with the best intentions from parents with young children. That clearly want to keep their child’s innocence as long as possible.” Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (" The One Un-American Act." Nieman Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 1953, p. 20): Numerous occasion a book is challenged with the motivation desire to protect children from “inappropriate” sexual content or “offensive” language. I believe parents should monitor their child’s books instead of banning them so all the other children cannot. “The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.” - Henry Steele Commager ("Quotes About Banned Books." (33 Quotes). N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar.
Books are usually challenged with the best intentions from parents with young children. That clearly want to keep their child’s innocence as long as possible.” Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (" The One Un-American Act." Nieman Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 1953, p. 20): Numerous occasion a book is challenged with the motivation desire to protect children from “inappropriate” sexual content or “offensive” language. I believe parents should monitor their child’s books instead of banning them so all the other children cannot. “The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.” - Henry Steele Commager ("Quotes About Banned Books." (33 Quotes). N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar.