Read a Banned Book

[drcpunk]

Actually, if you're reading my lj, chances are, you already have.

For Banned Book Week, The Megatokyo Website has a link to The Forbidden Library Website. The really cool thing is that the website lists the reasons for the bannings. Check out why China banned Alice in Wonderland.

Comments

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Do you think they should include _Mein Kampf_ (banned in Germany)?

[drcpunk.livejournal.com]

Probably. I suspect it's worth reading -- I remember Harold Feld telling me about how his brother, Sandy, used an unindentified passage from it to make a point to a class he was teaching. The class approved of said passage, which had something to do with educating the young, and the students were taken aback when Sandy revealed its source.