"There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance." -- Goethe

So sorry that the previous had been deleted. I honestly don't know how that happened because I normally don't edit my posts once they're up, but somehow, this one was gone when I came to look at my blog. So, I'll try my best to fill it with a meaningful post.

Over the semester I've included blog posts about many different things but they all relate to book banning or censorship of books in some way. I feel now that I may end up repeating myself several times, but that just proves the urgency of this issue. Book banning is wrong and shouldn't be used as a means of censorship. I do understand that some age groups shouldn't read certain books, but I also feel that the person should decide if they want to read it or not, not someone else.

There are many books that I've read and after I've read them, I wish I hadn't picked them up at all. Then, there are still so many books out there that I haven't had the pleasure, or displeasure, of reading.

I guess, it just comes down to this: if you want to read a book, you should be able to read it, no matter what someone else says. Some people don't believe that is good though. They want to decide what books are suitable for their children to read. That's not right. No one should be incharge of something like that. It's not like when you're in high school and you have to read certain books because the teacher has them set in the curriculum. It's when someone just decides that a book that is being taught isn't 'right' or 'suitable' for their child to read and petitions for it to be taken out of the schools or the libraries or something like that.

Book banning is not something that should be taken lightly. It is a very serious issue and most people don't know that. They don't know that teachers have lost their jobs over it or that children can be taken out of school because of it. There are other consequences to this issue and none of them are good.

People believe that they are banning books for a good reason but ultimately, it just hurts the people who are not allowed to read them and potentially enjoy them.