tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post2141544008189855179..comments2024-03-02T13:01:38.633-05:00Comments on A Night's Dream of Books: The Book Lover's Den #5: Banned Books Week -- My ThoughtsMaria Beharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13635809880830316283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-36513739884312345292014-09-27T18:05:27.575-04:002014-09-27T18:05:27.575-04:00Hey, Brian!
Thank you so much for the compliment!...Hey, Brian!<br /><br />Thank you so much for the compliment!! I have definitely thought this through quite thoroughly, and firmly believe that this is not a black-and-white issue.<br /><br />I do believe, and very firmly, too, that government or religious censorship of books dealing with controversial materials, and read by adults, is tyranny. However, in the case of the book I mentioned, &Maria Beharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635809880830316283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-70461721791852305942014-09-27T15:05:55.390-04:002014-09-27T15:05:55.390-04:00Maria, this is such a well reasoned, well written ...Maria, this is such a well reasoned, well written and informative post.<br /><br />I think that you really explained the issue so well. I am against censorship. That is, the government censoring speech. <br /><br />However , I do believe that private concerns have the right to distribute or not whatever they want. That is not censorship in the legal sense. For instance, if I owned a bookstore I Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com