| # | Name | Comments |
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| 351 | Andrea Flockton | Having read The Bermudez Triangle as well as all the other book written by Maureen Johnson, I do not see a problem with this book. As a librarian, I am appalled at the idea of banning books. |
| 352 | Rose Corbett | A parent has every right to monitor the reading of his or her own child.
A parent has *no right* to dictate the reading of other people's children. |
| 353 | Lita | |
| 354 | Vanessa | |
| 355 | Athanasius Cashore | |
| 356 | Helen Chavez | Not only is it un-American it is anti-human rights. This smacks of fascism in its worst guise - bigotry and censorship. I am appalled that a town in America, a country that prides itself on freedom of the individual, would descend to such mockery of its own values. The relegating of the book to a 'special reserved shelf' is no better, and is an insult to free-minded, intelligent young people who have the right to make up their own minds about a book that is available to ALL in any bookshop. This is disgraceful, narrow-minded and pointless.
You should be ashamed of yourselves. |
| 357 | Helen Chavez | Not only is it un-American it is anti-human rights. This smacks of fascism in its worst guise - bigotry and censorship. I am appalled that a town in America, a country that prides itself on freedom of the individual, would descend to such mockery of its own values. The relegating of the book to a 'special reserved shelf' is no better, and is an insult to free-minded, intelligent young people who have the right to make up their own minds about a book that is available to ALL in any bookshop. This is disgraceful, narrow-minded and pointless.
You should be ashamed of yourselves. |
| 358 | Abby | This banning shenanigan is ridiculous! People should read books before they start banning them. It would make a tiny bit more sense, don't you think? |
| 359 | Ted Dawson | I and my family lived in Bartlesville for several years. Normally the people of Bartlesville are fairly forward-thinking. To ban this book would be to take several steps back, and already, Bartlesville is becoming a laughing stock due to someone with too much time on her hands and has the arrogance to impose her sense of taste (I will not say "sense of morals") upon the entire city. It's my experience that the loudest voice is never part of the majority, but sometimes folks win on sheer volume. I hope the rest of the sensible folks in Bartlesville will unplug this loud speaker. |
| 360 | Kate | I think it is utterly ridiculous to take one book off the shelves of a library because of one ultra-conservative woman with too much time on her hands. I'm very sorry Mrs. Rader is so afraid of her children thinking for themselves that she needs to control what they read. However, reading a book where two girls kiss will not turn all girls into lesbians (and even if it does...so what?). Some of us would like to read the book because we feel it is a wonderful book (or sounds wonderful, leastways, and would like to read it) that portrays teen life well. Not because two girls kiss. And also, here's a quote for Mrs. Rader -
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it." Aristotle
I hope Mrs. Rader finds it in herself to open her mind up about an inch and think about the above quote.
(And I certainly hope I've been coherent in this comment. And that I'm not too late on this petition.) |
| 361 | Hillary Chapaman | Since when did books need to be rated like movies? Books are for mind enhancement. Books are sometimes the way people learn from other's experiences and need not make their own mistakes. If anything this book should win awards for it's lesson in learning about who you or your friends are, and learning how to accept these things. |
| 362 | Celeste Cleary | |
| 363 | Judith Terranova | Censorship is not an option, least of all when it comes to books and civil liberties. |
| 364 | basem | singel sauodi |
| 365 | Aaron Goodwin | Censorship is the precursor to oppression. Book banning is a dangerous practice. |
| 366 | Anonymous | |
| 367 | Emily Crabtree | |
| 368 | Benjamin Erkenbrack | As American's we are reserved the right to agree and disagree, but this should be the decision of the individual not of the majority. If we are to destroy everything that the majority finds offensive we are no better than other tyrant viewed through out history. Did America not learning anything from Mao's cultural revolution, Nazi book burnings, or even the Church's campaign's against controversial issues. We are beginning to be a throw away society. If society does not like something, society does away with it. Let us break this destructive cycle and practice a degree of tolerance. |
| 369 | Anonymous | |
| 370 | Grace Pyle | I think book banning is wrong and I have been trying for some time to read every book on the Top 100 Most Frequently Chalenged Books list. I've made a small dent, and I am continuing to try to stop censorship and book banning any way I can. I'm glad to help. |
| 371 | Jaya Lakshmi | |
| 372 | Anonymous | |
| 373 | Abigail Katz | Banning book is narrow-minded. The book does not display immoral values. Perhaps you should read the book you want to ban and educate yourself. |
| 374 | April Bennett | Freedom of Speech is in the Constitution. Banning books infringes on ones civils rights! |
| 375 | Sarah Katherine | |
| 376 | Anonymous | |
| 377 | Cheyann | |