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By
Terry Orr
Banned Books Week
(BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of
the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September (this
year September 30 through October 6), Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of
free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of
censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning’s of books across America.
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If you don’t care for a radio or television program – you
simply find one you prefer to listen to or watch. Same principle applies to books.
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Commentary by author:
My
question to those who believe they should band books - Where is your outrage over
mainstream media in their inability to provide unbiased and informed reporting
of the news? Print media
used to have sections dedicated to ‘opinions’ so the reader knew these were in
fact, just that. Television and Radio
programs used to set aside time for commentary.
Tolerance of others and their beliefs and
finding common ground in which we can all live in harmony is a founding principle
of America.
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I propose finding common ground between the
two extremes and adopt a rating system similar to the movies and TV programs and
that bookstores and libraries find a satisfactory means to store and display
books. Many book stores that I have
visited over the past year already employ such a concept.
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