http://www.indy.com/posts/4354 en-us Tanisha-Neely Glad you're still here Kato. LOL! I have a copy of A Clockwork Orange, I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Maybe we can read it in my next book club. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:48:18 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12638 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12638 baggles And that, I think, is the silver lining in book banning. I was the same way as a child and I am now that way as an adult. I was never a "rebel" but I am insatiably curious about all things. By reading banned books, I was introduced to some of the best literature I've ever encountered. It's sad the certian books are banned from school ciriculumns because I think it is important for children to be exposed to many different ways of thinking. It seems that the homophobia encountered today is less prominant than it once was, but many people are indifferent towards it or take a more passive stance on either side. It seems like only a minority are still very passionate in voicing their anti-gay opinions, but their loudness trumps the indifference of others. It is important for schools to teach acceptance even though children may be encountering a differing point of view at home. Its at least a step towards acceptance. I think the banning of books is obviously wrong and narrow-minded, but at least there is a small silver lining... Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:19:02 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12610 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12610 JL Kato Whenever I was told by a teacher or another adult that I couldn't read a certain book, I made sure to track it down and devour it. It wasn't so much that it was forbidden. I wanted to see for myself the subversive power of words. That's how I was introduced to "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, The Song of Solomon, Ginsberg's "Howl" and "Fear of Flying" by Erica Jong. And you know what? I survived. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:55:59 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12608 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12608 JayR Huh. The ALA is a borderline communist organization. The author "And Tango Makes Three" of also wrote the play version of the pro-abortion "The Cider House Rules". Communism is all about the destruction of the individual and thus celebrates abortion. So that all fits together. Gay rights will not be won if wrapped up in red. The right of gay people to marry is a fundamental human right...Communists don't care about gay people or the environment or Kyoto, they just use these things to get power. Gay people are today subject today to the same discrimination black people suffered in slavery days. That they cannot marry is a throwback. Black people are still scr3wed daily by the man. Cripe, could channel 20 be any whiter ? Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:03:39 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12588 http://www.indy.com/posts/4354#comment_12588