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4,595 | 2 | I believe that they should leave leave them on the shelves. I think people take stuff like that to serious, if they dont like it I think they should just leave it alone.What some people might find offensive others will find interesting. There is alot of stuff out there that might be a little offensive to some people, b... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
4,596 | 2 | Diffrent books are mean't for diffrent people. Yes, somtimes it matters when certain materials are not supose to be showing in public. But, we need to know whats happening all over the world. Even as we speak there might be a battle going on somewhere or somthing very importent is about to happen in other contrey. We w... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,597 | 2 | BAD @CAPS1 Do you really want your kids to see bad immages or read bad prompts? I dident think so! you can help by teaching them what is right or wrong good or bad. You need to help them have a clere cnochience so when they come across these obsticalls in life they will know what to do. You could do what my aun... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,598 | 2 | To whom it @MONTH1 concern: As time goes on in this ever-expanding world of ours, it seems that one thing that is constantly being fought and argued is censorship. Censorship allows things in our world that are viewed as 'offensive' to be comprimised. People these days though. must be getting offended much... | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,599 | 2 | Should materials, such as books, music, movies, or magazines be removed from the shelves if they are offensive? I don't think so, because it might not be offensive to every body, it would be brakeing the law, and it's not fair to the artist that created them. Just because it's offensive to one person donsn't mean i... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,600 | 2 | Censorship is method of limiting certain contant that has been deemed inapropriate. This method is widely used today in the modern world. Censorship is used most commonly with our movies, video games, and television. If other forms of entertainent like television and internet utilize such methods shouldn't our librarie... | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,601 | 2 | Your @CAPS1 @CAPS2 are many things done and said in this world today that people take offense to. It could be something someone said about one's relgion, or taking away @CAPS1 of others. Do you believe that books, music, movies, magazines, and articles should be taken off the shelves at stores just because people ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,602 | 2 | How many of you out there absolutely love to read? Well, im going to be the first to confess that I do not prefer reading. Meanwhile, whether or not I prefer or differ readings of all types, I despise of any negative books. Censoring books is very important in today's lifestyle. One can make an inference by looking at ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
4,603 | 2 | READING OUR BOOKS Our book and movies can be very scary and unessasary, to much violence and disterbence,for young kids scary books and movies will give them @ORGANIZATION1 mares.Books like @ORGANIZATION1 and @CAPS1 are good books for teenage kids, @ORGANIZATION1 teaches them the past and what it used to be like being ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,604 | 2 | What happened to everyone having the right to have freedom of knoledge? I do not believe that certain materials should be removed only for the reason that someone finds it 'offensive' or 'inappropriate'. Our youth have the right to access these materials. Kids should have that right because it allows more access to kno... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4,605 | 2 | Hello I am kristin, I am here to tell you why we should take some magazines out of our public libraries. Now I dont know if you have heard about @CAPS1 the magazine or @CAPS2 magazine. But I have and I also use to read them. In some of thouse issues are sex tips. Now if I was a mother and my child ran up to m... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,606 | 2 | I believe that some materials we have in our shelf belongs to basically anybody in the world. I also think that the materials on that shelf is allowed to be removed as long as those materials get put back in that spot no matter what. My experiance with books are not really that great but i do like to read at times... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,607 | 2 | Do yo think censorship is a good thing? Do you think libraries should take more responsability on what they offer to people? Many people think they should. But I disagree, if they dont want to learn about that topic than don't read the book. Public libraries are a great help for the community. They are reallly... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4,608 | 2 | Librarys are filled with hundreds of materials that many @CAPS4 like and dislike. Books on @PERSON1 and @CAPS1, @CAPS2. Those books are @CAPS3 there to offend you they're there to educate you on the subject. Censorship should be only for the youth as an adult you are open to everything. You make your own desi... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
4,609 | 2 | Libraries are places of learning. Books, magazines, movies, and all types of media are placed there for the same specific purpose: to learn and explore. When we visit libraries, we expect to find the information that we came there looking for. Whether the topic is something as simple as wanting to learn about a type of... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,610 | 2 | The problem in this situation is that, some people feel like some things shouldn't be in the library. I don't believe that some things that are on the library shelfs should be taken off. I think that because everyone has a different kinda of 'offensive' for their families. One family might be okay with their child watc... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,611 | 2 | What if one day you took a trip to the library, and you came across a book that was offensive? Would you ask for it to be taken off the shelf or just ignore it? Every year tons of @CAPS1 visit libraries in search of a good book, threw act of observations and personal appeal. Everyone has a different choose in the types... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,612 | 2 | In the book '@CAPS1 @NUM1', books are outlawed. In such a society, owning a book would result in recieving a punishment. Without books, @CAPS2 people turned to electronics for entertainment. The society as a whole had lost @CAPS2 human emotions and became submissive to the government. @CAPS4 led to injustices that the ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,613 | 2 | To the newspaper edits,Should books, music, movies, magzines, and other reading materials, be removed if the materials are view to be offensive? I do not think that is a good idea. Reasons why is that just like what @PERSON1 an Author (in the last sentence) said if we remove books from shelfs there will be 'no more... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
4,614 | 2 | Offensive articles and or movies and magazines etc should not be pulled from shelves. If individuals choose to read and/or watch the material that is their personal choice @CAPS1 I think there should be an age limit for the material. If individuals find the material offensive they should turn their back and not read... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,615 | 2 | Communities have many different types of people that live in them. Certain groups of people find some things offensive while others find them totally nomal. Some of these things cause conflict. A library, for example, is one place you @MONTH1 find some of these conflicts. Most libraries are open to the public. Ther... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
4,616 | 2 | I thnk the censorship in libraries @CAPS1 quite abominomal. I think there should be no censorship, it @CAPS1 for the parents to decide what children can an cannot watch. I think if something @CAPS1 found offensive, then don't watch it, it's as simple as that. If you don't want your children to watch anything offensive ... | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,617 | 2 | Everyone has found something offensive throughout their life. However, many people find different things offensive than others. There are many different topics that people are offended of whether it is race, religion,gender,etc. If there is a book that you find offensive in a public library I do not think it shou... | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
4,618 | 2 | To @CAPS1 @ORGANIZATION1, my name is @CAPS2 I am from @ORGANIZATION2. I do agree that books, music, movies, and magazines should be removed from the shelves. If they are not something that the kids should learn about then why put them on the shelves. Many of the books that children, teens, and adults read is a cause of... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,619 | 2 | Materials, such as books, music, magazines, etc., should be removed from the shelves if they are found offensive! It's a public library. Not many people would like to find something that seems to hurt or harm them in any way. Libraries are for people to come in and should be expected to enjoy something, whether it... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,620 | 2 | I beleive censorship is a good thing; to an extent. I think that censorship deals with an age group and the permission of the parent(s) or guardian(s). If a consumer is the age of twelve and under; then the consumer should buy the censored books and etc., but, if you are thirteen and above you should be able to buy pro... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
4,621 | 2 | Books, music and movies are all important, specially to kids. If we decide to take one book off of the shelf, then so will everyone else and the book shelf will be almost empty. The same idea for movies, magazines, music, ect. Even though, some parents do not accept it for their young children to read or watch uncensor... | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4,622 | 2 | I think there should be censorship in libraries for those who dont like, or are not comfortable with what is on the shelf. Someone shouldn't have a problem with goin or taking their children to the library. A public library is visited by children of all age's, size's, and races. If i took my child or children ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
4,623 | 2 | In my life time I have been to many libraries. I also seen many diffrent catagories of books suck as comedy, fiction, non-fiction, drama, and etc. As we all know there are many topics out thier that is not suitable for minors or suitable for many other ages. Movies in this time and age reveal to much for you eyes. ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,624 | 2 | Censorship in libraries is a very controversial topic that has conflicting views. One side, in favor of censorship, believes that some literary material contained within a library could be offensive to some, and that it should be removed or censored. The other side, in favor of free speech, believes that all literary m... | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
4,625 | 2 | Dear @PERSON1 news paper editor. Pulling a book, cd, dvd/vcr tape, magazine, etc.,because of whether or not they are offensive or obscene is a panzy move from the people who think the world must be perfect when in reality it is so far from perfect that it is disgusting,and yet the sad truth is the fact that only a ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,626 | 2 | Reading is something people choose to do for their own entertainment, for their enjoyment, to gain personal knowledge and many other reasons. Reading should not be restricted by any means. If a person has an interest in a book, they should be able to read it if they so choose. I believe that censorship within a librar... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,627 | 2 | I do believe that certain books, music, movies, and other media should be removed from the shelves of libraries, if they are found to be offensive. We do not need anymore reasons for people to judge someone based on something that they read. If the media is offensive, than someone's feelings will get hurt. I rememb... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
4,628 | 2 | Should there be censorship in libraries? Many people will answer this question differently. I feel there should be absolutely no censorship in libraries. Allowing censorship in libaries is an intrusion of our rights. It contradicts freedom of the press. If someone wants there opinion to be read they should have tha... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,629 | 2 | 'And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us'. This quote says it all, if everybody had their say in what is offensive or not then everything would be offensive. Books are often written for the enjoyment of the reader, and if not that books are for informational purposes. Not everybody will have the same ... | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,630 | 2 | Have you ever walked into a library and saw a book that you wouldn't what your child or any young one to pick up and read? There is several book in the library that young children should read. I don't believe that you a certian book should be removed from the library because it is offensive to some or not suitable for ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
4,631 | 2 | Many people have different views on censorship. Some people believe there are movies, books, newspapers, etc that contain subject matter that is not appropriate for some viewers and that they should keep their writing on certain things to a certain extent or not at all. Other people believe people have the right to say... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
4,632 | 2 | @CAPS1 happened to using books and films as simple entertainment? Why are we now cautious of @CAPS1 our children pick off the shelf? Society today has changed the way we once viewed our sources of entertainment. Books are now viewed with skepticism and once harmless movies and magazines are full of material no one shou... | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
4,633 | 2 | Books, magazines and misic should be removed if it has something offensive to the person or the child. Books, magazines, music can cause children or adults to have a big imagination and as they grow or are thinking that its a right way to do things. All this things that are not for a proper use shoud be displade of wer... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
4,634 | 2 | I do not believe that books, music, movies, or magazines should be removed from library shelves if they are found offensive. First, you have to consider what is offensive to most people, and who should be the people to determine if it should be sensored or not. People should be able to decide for themselves if they can... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,635 | 2 | Censorship in libraries is good in some ways. People who like to read books should have a wide variety of books. Things that offend people: for instance, a book about @CAPS1 @CAPS2 or natives and how they were treated so poorly. But almost anything now days offends peoaple and its rediculous. either way there is ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,636 | 2 | People should have a right to listen, read, and watch whatever they want. It is people's own choice to what they read, watch, or listen to. They will not be able to change that person by taking out offensive movies or books. They will only go somewhere else and do it. People have a right to read, listen to, and wa... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
4,637 | 2 | censorship No,i dont think they should take certin book off the shelves, there are alot of thing out there that can be found offensive; gangs, politics, race, even school that small children go to. I can understand wanting to shelter your children, but you cant keep them from every thing. Inner cities have gan... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
4,638 | 2 | In the book fahernheit @NUM1 all books get burned no matter what they contain and the people are always sad and depressed about everything. Books are an improtnat part of our lives. Some materials do need to be cencored because it might offend some people that are all ready have a hard time with being who they are with... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4,639 | 2 | What is censorship? Many would say it's a book without cuss words or it's a movie without racism. For me, I think censorship is covering up the truth. I don't think movies or books should be taken off the self because some people find it offensive. When a book uses a cuss word to show anger or simply use the word, I th... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,640 | 2 | Taking books off a shelf at libraries because someone thinks they are offensive? I dont think that is right. Thats just what one person thinks and other people I'm sure won't think the same way. Just because one person think something is offensive and should be taken off that shelf doesn't mean that some kid couldn't l... | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,641 | 2 | I think if its offensive it should not be avavible for kids intill they are old enough to read it, listen to it. I think they need to be removed from shelves or put away. Because it can be hurtful, dirty for younger kids and it could be prevented if they are removed from shelves. I belive the magazines can be p... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,642 | 2 | Dear Newspaper, I would like to start off by sayin that books, music, movies, magazines, etc. are great for kids in libraries. It's great that kids have a place to go in there free time when they have nothing else to do or need a place to read. But some things are not suitable for young kids and young adults. ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
4,643 | 2 | I am sending this letter to you about my views on censorship in libraries. Some people think books, music, movies, magazines,etc., are offensive. Those things might be offensive to them, but not to other people. So you have to look at it in not only your point of view but other people point of view. I think th... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,644 | 2 | Libraries are normally a safe quiet place for people to go set down drink a cup of coffee and read a book/magazine, search the internet, or listen to some of there favorite music. But, some people don't use it as that. They think it is a time to goof around and disrespect other people that are trying to have some tim... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4,645 | 2 | People find things offensive everyday. It is just a matter of life. Some people have a right to feel offended for some reasons, but they really can't control it from happening. It is just something that has occured for thousands of years. And people have slowly began to deal with it. So therefore, i believe that bo... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,646 | 2 | The librarys are made for everyone, from childern to adults. There @MONTH1 be somethings that should not be in certian areas or even in the place at all. With the librarys having all age groups of books there, their @MONTH1 or should not be some material in thoes areas for them to see. let alone @MONTH1 not even ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4,647 | 2 | Should certain books, movies, and magazines be removed from library bookshelves if found offensive? I believe that libraries should remove materials that are offensive. Libraries are huge public places that share knowledge and entertainment to enormous groups of people who want to expand their knowledge. Throughout the... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,648 | 2 | Some people believe that certain materials, such as books, movies, magazines, etc., should be removed from the shelves if they are found offensive. However, I do not believe they should be removed. People are mature enough to be able to handle offensive material. Most people check out books or movies that they have hea... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,649 | 2 | Censorship in libraries today, I believe, are not a big problem. But many would disagree with that. Books and movies can be a very important resource for anyone of any age. They can gives us facts about a certain topic that we @MONTH1 not find any where else. Everyone has thier own definition of offensive. I belive tha... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
4,650 | 2 | My opinion on this subject is its not right. This is a very interesting question. And im going to tell you why i think the way i do. Im for it and against it. Okay some people like different things and the other people dont agree on it. Thats how things work. If a parent is walking his kid through the mall and goes... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
4,651 | 2 | I believe that certain materials should not be removed if they are found innapropriate. There are several things that explain why I think this. For one thing, some libraries don't have certain genres of books. For example, say one library @MONTH1 have action but not thriller while another library has thriller but n... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,652 | 2 | Censorship to most people means much more than the average @NUM1 syllable word. It means giving up the right to say and think however you want. To most, this idea is not a good one. When one is censored, they are essentially giving up the right of freedom of @CAPS3. In this essay I will discuss three cons of censorship... | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,653 | 2 | Is there enough censorship in our libraries? Have you ever came across a vulgar or offensive book in your library and hoped that no children had ever read it? Well that should never happen, if a book or any other material is offensive then it should be put in a seperate area of the library where only adults can access... | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
4,654 | 2 | BooksI think that every book in the world should be on the shelf. because if it is afencive then dont read it. it is alot beter if u can go read eny book u wat to. and if thy dont have that book then i gess u gota go get it somwere else and some people wouldnt go thrue all that trouble for a book. Wich means they wont ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,655 | 2 | Do I believe that certain materials, suchs as books, music, movies, magazines, etc., should be removed for being offensive? No I do not. My opinion on the varieties of things found in our library are good. Most of it is very helpful information. Some people might not like some things because of what they have in it or ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,656 | 2 | I think there should be no books taken off the shelfs. Somethings might be offisive to some people but other people might need those books for a research, projects,etc. People need to read to understand why some people think that somethings are offensive toward other people. Every book should be on a book shelf in a pu... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,657 | 2 | Some children take books off the shelf that some old people can't read now a days. Some people taken books off and taken them and broken, take pages off of them | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4,658 | 2 | Hello @ORGANIZATION1, I am writing to talk about censorship in libraries. In libraries they have tons of materials that have language and images that are offensive. i have a broad view on this subject. My view is just that if the censor stuff in a library, the should censor tv. I have deaf parents, so we always hav... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,659 | 2 | 'All of us can think of a book that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf- that work I abhor- then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.' Katherine Paterson, an author, once said. I think that she ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,660 | 2 | We have all been to a library at some point in our life. Have you ever been looking around and seen something that @MONTH1 have been offensive, or something you didnt agree with? What if you had the chance to have if takin off the shelves for good? Or, what if someone else had the choice to? Would you allow them to do ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,661 | 2 | It seems today we attempt to censor everything, but are we going too far? Could it be that we have crossed the line and are no longer protecting the children, but are instead holding back our society as a whole? In my opinion, censorship of literature has crossed the line. A library is, essentially, an incredably... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
4,662 | 2 | When people think of a library they think of a quiet place to study and read. Teachers use the libraries for many different things. One thing they use it for is movies on certain topics. Another is for books on certain people or events. They even use it to get magazines for projects and to catch up on the world outside... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
4,663 | 2 | My view opposes the open distribution of certain newspaper articles. There are certain articles, radio shows, and other sources of media that vividly describe certain things that happen in the news that I find not to be appropriate for some people to hear such as younger children, or people that don't agree with having... | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,664 | 2 | I think that if a book can be published then it should be able to be in a library. If a book is published then it means it's open to the public so I don't see why it can't be in the libraries. If a book has to be removed from a library then why did they buy it? I really don't see the need to take a book off the sh... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
4,665 | 2 | I don't think a magazine should be taken off the shelves just because someone is offended. People get offended all the time but do you see them trying to get what ever it is that made them fell like that. I have been offended by cartoons before but you don't see me crying about it you just have to suck it up and go on ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4,666 | 2 | When you walk into your local library there are thousands of books, magazines, movies, etc. You have different types and styles of books. There are fiction and nonfiction, comedy, horror, children books, and many more. Also what you might not know is some libraries have books that are either sexual, violent, disruptive... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,667 | 2 | Censorship in librarys can be a positive and negative thing. I think this because there can be somethings that you @MONTH1 not want your children to read. But there also can be things that you do want them to read. Age groups can play a big role in censorship because there are things that you dont want to see a kid rea... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,668 | 2 | If they are offensive they sholud be taken off the shelves becuase the little kids would'nt get they. And i think that they should not be and there and the frist place because almost every body goes to the lidraries. If i found the offensive they would promble get shut down or who ever put they would be fired. the kids... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,669 | 2 | Do you believe that certain materials, such as books, movies, or music should be removed from the shelves if they are found offensive? I do believe so. The reason why is because there can be a lot of books, movies, or magazines in certain places like the library or stores that can involve offensive stuff, such as viole... | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
4,670 | 2 | Yes I do believe that certain books, movies, music, etc., should be removed. They should be put in a different position for children unable to find in the area. Because certain materials in the objects listed can start off bad behavior. In order to keep the objects from being found from childern is to set them i... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,671 | 2 | I think that certain things in libraries should be taken off shelves if found offensive but not all. One of these things is anything that undermines or degrades one's religious beliefs. Another thing could be anything involving racial stereotypes or obvious racial comments. Having anything containing this could spark c... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
4,672 | 2 | Many people i know would be very upset if there was'nt anymore books on the shelves of the library. I think there should be books that are offensive, who wants to read a book that is boring and not exciting.The libraries should have lables on the books so when people go to check them out the books there would have a l... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4,673 | 2 | Do you think we should have censorship in our libraries? I say no because if we had censorship then there would be very few good books, magazines, and movies because in this world today everyone gets ofended by something. For example in action, horror, and comedy films there could be blood, violains,and cursin... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,674 | 2 | Today, we all have a very large variety of books to choose from when we enter a library. Some are childrens books, while others are intended for a more mature reader. Many parents are scared that their child will read a book that @MONTH1 be inappropiate for their child. The thing is, if everyone removes the books that ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
4,675 | 2 | No i do not figure that. I say that there is some material for adults, teens and children. The children aren't going to want to read the adult books and the adults aren't going to wanna read the childrerns books the teens aren't going to want to read the childrens books but they @MONTH1 want to read the adult books and... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
4,676 | 2 | OFFENSIVE BOOKS !!! Did you ever think about why students read what they are ready now? They read books about sex , guns , and many more because they think its exciting well guess what its not! The author's who make them type of books want you to buy them because they want their money , but they never think about the... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,677 | 2 | Censorship in libraries could have negative effects on the library. Parents have different views on books, music, ect. One parent @MONTH1 not have a problem with one book that has a few curse words in it but another parent might think it is not something they want their children to pick up and read then later on start ... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,678 | 2 | A lot of people have huge debates over what they think is appropriate for children and teens to be reading, watching, and listening to; in this topic there will be opinions discussed and logical explanations to what some people think is the proper things kids should be exposed to. First, kids should not be watching... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,679 | 2 | In libraries there should be a control over what certain kind of books, magazines, or movies that children should be able to read. For instance movies, are we going to go let a @NUM1 year watch a rated @CAPS1 movie much less let him/her watch a porn movie. No thats just plain wrong. That goes with magazines and books.... | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4,680 | 2 | Censorship in Libraries Have you ever came across something in the library that makes you say, ' @CAPS1! That's inappropriate!' If so, I am sure your not alone. Just the other day I was in the library. There were posters up all around featuring a new movie now avalible for rental. I remembered seeing ads for this p... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,681 | 2 | I personally do not think that books or magazines and such with offensive things about them shouldn't be removed because they give people something to read. Most people don't want to read @CAPS1 or a novel. Some people want to read about crimes, mysterys, and action. There are alot of good movies out there but some of ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,682 | 2 | Censorship in libraries is a great issue in the world today. Many authors now use offensive methods and terms to persuade their audiences. However, many do not. All authors have the right to say what they wish but there is a limit to where the books should be placed and who should view them. If libraries accept off... | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,683 | 2 | Public libraries should be able to keep all sorts of content for all sorts of people. I feel very strongly about my statement, because everyone in this world is different. Many people have different interests, religons, and customs. If we took out certain books, and music from the library, it would defeat the purpo... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,684 | 2 | People in this common era have different appproaches to the idea of libraries. Some view the library as a place to go and learn and to express yourself and be free. Others believe it to be a place where there is danger for minors and can be very innapropriate. These two opinions can cause an intriguing argument. ... | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
4,685 | 2 | Most modern day book, movies, music, etc. do a fairly good job of placing warning in the form of '@CAPS1 @CAPS2' sticks on their covers. But books from before this practice began to happen @MONTH1 be found more offensive then books today. Why? Well, that's because many books of the past use words that today are found o... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
4,686 | 2 | What do you want your children to be able to see in their public library? As we all know, there are things like books, picture, and movies that we do not want our younger generation to see. This is @CAPS1 parents are so carful with computers, and what their children have access to. Every situation has it's pros an... | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4,687 | 2 | Have you ever read something that you have found offensive, upsetting, or has made you mad? Do you think that there are certian books that shouldn't be allowed in a library because of its content? A lot of books, music, movies, and magazines these days contain things that are hurtful to society or protray bad images of... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
4,688 | 2 | Yes, there are a lot of books out there that have graphic and sexual phrases, and there are alot of concernd parents out there that are worried about what the libraries are possibly letting their kids read. One good idea would be to put age limit signs in certain areas on the libraries, that dosent neccisarrly mean tha... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
4,689 | 2 | Look it's a plane, it's a bird, it's a...harmful word. There has been many times when i have read a passage wether it be a magazine article, a book or a newspaper and I have come across harmful words. They @MONTH1 not all mean harm towards me but towards other readers they could. People have their own opinnions on diff... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4,690 | 2 | Cencorship is a very large thing to talk about. Some people think that a book has too much talking about sex in it, while others think that it is sutable for the public. Sometimes people want other people to make the decitions on what they read. People need to decide what they do and don't want to read and see. Fi... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
4,691 | 2 | What race are you? What religion are you? What have you been taught? Almost anything like these could be considered offensive. So should these types of things be taken out of libraries? No, these types of things are everywhere. You just can't get away from them. Today you can find so many offensive television shows... | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,692 | 2 | Is there a song that your parents wouldn't let you listen to when you were a child? When you sang this song did they yell at you and ground you because they had told you many times before that you weren't allowed to listen to it? How about a movie that you wanted to go watch because it was what everyone was talking abo... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
4,693 | 2 | I somewhat agree with taking out books,music,movie,magazines, or any other material that could be offensive to someone, because it could be racial or it could be about something that isn't appropriote for children to read. I think it just depends on the topic, maybe one thing could be offensive to one person and not th... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4,694 | 2 | Do you think that certain materials should be removed off library's bookselfs if someone dislikes or does not agree with the topic or the plot? Do you believe that a book should be banned from any public library just because someone has a negative opinion about what the book is convincing readers? I believe that ev... | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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