| # | Name | Comments |
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| 251 | Taylor Morris | Those who want this amazing novel banned should be embarrassed. After reading this book (and did they read it?), I walked away with a greater sense of tolerance. I worry that the people who want this banned live in a very narrow world. |
| 252 | Lisa Baker | Book banning is also profoundly un-Canadian. People who have read this book, wherever they live, will NOT accept it's banning. Particularly inappropriate if you haven't even read it. |
| 253 | Scott Westerfeld | |
| 254 | Taylor | |
| 255 | Hamish Young | |
| 256 | Scott Sean Campbell | I was under the impression that it was the duty of learning institutes to expand the knowledge and understanding of a wider society to its pupils...obviously not. |
| 257 | emily elizabeth | these quotes say it so much better than i could:
Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.
Holbrook Jackson
Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real. Somewhere in their upbringing they were shielded against the total facts of our experience. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.
Charles Bukowski
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde |
| 258 | Ann Etheridge | It's time to grow up now and stop trying to remake the shelves of libraries into your own personal image. Trying to ban books is a form of pathological narcissism. |
| 259 | Anonymous | |
| 260 | Ally Brasko | |
| 261 | Kelsey Winkles | |
| 262 | Kelsey Winkles | |
| 263 | Elena Rice-Hernandez | |
| 264 | Kelley | |
| 265 | Ginger Stickney | |
| 266 | Katie | |
| 267 | Rose Meeker | |
| 268 | Anonymous | Banning a book simply because you don't approve of it is unethical and immoral. |
| 269 | Aisha Pier | Homosexuality is not inappropriate. |
| 270 | Caroline McDonough | |
| 271 | L. Fuller | |
| 272 | Kristin Cashore | |
| 273 | Grant Atkinson | Freedom is good. |
| 274 | Anonymous | I was forced to do this by a friend. I really don't care all that much what gets banned at some school in Oklahoma, and believe this problem is best suited to be dealt with by the Oklahomans. cheers! |
| 275 | Anonymous | I think it's outrageous and unjustifiable that a book be removed from the shelves of a school simply because it touches upon one of the facts of life. Perhaps if the time was taken to READ the book, it would be understood that it doesn't discuss anything "inappropriate" and that the moral of the story is NOT "if everyone sleeps with each other to find out who they are, then they will all learn something." One word: NO.
It's disappointing to know that homophobia is now present in the minds of so many adults in a modern world. |
| 276 | Ian Campbell | I think it is a very sad day for freedom of speech, if this book is banned. |
| 277 | Laura Kinnaman | |
| 278 | Sarah Edmondson | |
| 279 | Camille Rankine | |
| 280 | Rachel | |
| 281 | Kim Winters | |
| 282 | Meng Lu | I read The Bermudez Triangle a few years ago. I found it to be a humorous, lovely, well-written take on the difficulty of finding oneself in that tumultuous time known as adolescence. It emphasized the power of friendship and the confusion of teenagers' blossoming sexuality, both of which are valuable.
Banning a book from a school library simply because it has homosexuality is absurd. Teenagers should be encouraged to read what they can and to ask questions. Taking away that right is taking away their right to ask.
It's this kind of bigotry that is perpetuating hate within this country, something we could easily do without. It's not a question of morality -- it's a question of human kindness. Evidently, there is a great lack of it here. |
| 283 | Chris McLaren | Aside from the grievous general error of over-censorship, there's a pretty specific error of judgement in this case: this is an excellent book, which makes removing it even worse. |
| 284 | Rachael Duffin | |
| 285 | Coe Booth | |
| 286 | Holly Black | |
| 287 | Karin Rezendes | |
| 288 | Barbara Gilly | |
| 289 | Kathleen | |
| 290 | Aurora May | IT'S JUST A BOOK! Either you love it or you hate it! You don't have to ban it from a library where there are other kids that would like to read this book! |
| 291 | Alexia | I believe that Bartlesville is making a grave error in attempting to ban books. As i strong proponent of anti book bannins, I think that every teen book regardless of topic nature should be allowed a say, especially a truly educational book such as this one. |
| 292 | Chelsea Roberts | By banning books, you are essentially banning knowledge. The rights to free speech and free press are undeniable human rights our forefathers fought hard to protect so that we, the people of the United States, could enjoy them. By banning this book, you are issuing a blow to many people: Homosexuals struggling to find themselves, authors who exercise their right to free speech and who are rightly angry that you would have the gall to take that from them, librarians whose job is to pass knowledge and education to children, and our very own ancestors, who fought so this and every other book may be accessible to the public. |
| 293 | Lily Chrywenstrom | |
| 294 | Jason Erik Lundberg | |
| 295 | James | Book banning is a horrible thing. It should never be done. Keep "The Bermudez Triangle" in the library! |
| 296 | Sarah Miller | |
| 297 | Anonymous | I'm halfway through this book at the moment, and it's great! |
| 298 | Anonymous | Banning books for discriminatory reasons is reprehensible and frankly un-American. It's a sad thing when the voice of bigotry is influencing what materials students have access to. |
| 299 | Qurratulayn Muhammaf | |
| 300 | Jessy Griffith | |