Top 5 Facts About BANNED Literature
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Books are hardly the most dangerous thing in the world – yet somehow they keep getting slapped with the Illegal title. In this episode of top 5 facts we’re looking at books like Catch 22, The Perks of Being A Wallflower, The Fault in Our Stars, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Grapes of Wrath, Slaughterhouse-Five, Naked Lunch, Fahrenheit 451, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Harry Potter, Catcher in the Rye, 1984 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to see why on earth they get banned. We’ll ask questions like; why did people set fire to books? what is a book challenge? what are the most famous banned books? can people go to jail over books? why the hell are books banned? and many more.
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Mein kampf anyone
Only fearful ignorant people ban books. I read banned books!
If one were to purchase "Mein Kampf" and the communist manisfesto for research would there be a punishment invilved !? I just wanted to get in their heads to see why !
I've said it before about the public: fickle? Yes! Smart? If I'm one of the few who knows the quote "The more things change, the more they are the same", then civilization has the same problem the modern gaming industry has in that both refuse to learn from the past.
Who bans Anne Frank? Seriously people, you have no defense for that book being banned.
I honestly dont believe people would ban books. Its such bullshit to deny those experiences.
To be the self-proclaimed land of freedom…usa have a LOT of censorship going on and systems for that….
American Psycho has been banned in Queensland Australia for over 30 years
Ban the bible.
because parents are a bunch of sesntive snowflakes and seriously just because a guy who made a childs book had a similar name to a communist means they ban his book WHAT THE FUCK!
B. E. Ellis' American psycho was on my required readings list at college. I see some books here banned that are not even close to this.
Tbh I fucking happy catcher in the rye was, kind of band,sadly not in my school. One thing this book can do to is convinced yourself in suicide if that fucking main character stop being an idiot, thank God I managed to live, from such a boring ass fucking horrible book, I don't care what critics say, believe it's horrible.
I know Christians can ban books for dumb reasons, but any logical Christian can see how many reasons are dumb. It really doesn't matter about the person, it matters if they're logical or not
The first emperor lived in Qin Dynasty ~200BC. The video is showing the last emperor of Qing Dynasty circa 1912. The Manchurian emperors of Qing Dynasty didn't burn books.
Knowledge in it of itself is useless. What you decide to do with it is what defines it.
Knowledge is not dangerous. Actions are.
Banning books is retarded! why not ban the Lord of the Flies it teaches you that if you're apart of a group you're accepted but if you're an outcast you're pushed away
Feronheit 451 banned. That's ironic
If you burned Fahrenheit 451,
we'll you technically lose.
If your school bans Harry Potter your school has a problem if people who asked to ban that story actually bothered to read it they realize it's not really about promoting witchcraft it's about friendship, coming of age, family, and it's two most important themes love and acceptance of death
I honestly hope one day humanity will illeagalize censorship. And bar morons who side with it to live on this page planet.
Primarily Zealous religious twats and parents who refuse to MONITOR THEIR OWN FUCKING KIDS AND WHAT THEY READ/WATCH
Hahah Harry Potter, perks of being a wallflower, fault of our stars etc being banned for the said reasons but game of thrones books not even mentioned with all the profanity, brutality and incest shown. The irony in our censorship i would say 😀
Who the Hell bans Harry potter?
well, my money's on Dolores Umbridge.
I'm surprised that majority Christian areas don't ban books on evolution, atheism, in favor of homosexuality, etc. Or maybe they do quietly, such as by making them hard to find in libraries.
he who destroys a good book kills reason itself
-Civ
NOW WE HAVE SJW/FEMINIST LIBERAL/LEFT CENSORSHIP BY 'NO-PLATFORMING', CALLING ANYONEÂ THEY DISAGREE WITH 'NAZIS'/'RACISTS'/'SEXISTS'..OR JUST SHOUTING HOW 'OFFENCIVE' SOMETHING IS (OF COURSE FOR EVERYTHING SOMEONE IS OFFENDED BY ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED BY THE EXACT OPPOSITE). BEING 'OFFENDED' IS ONE OF THE WAYS THE LIBERAL/LEFT BULLY EVERYONE ONTO CONFOMING WITH THERE SICK IDEOLOGY…..
THESE DAYS MANY BOOKS GET BANNED FOR IMAGINED NON-EXISTENT RACISM OR SEXISM….THE SHEER VOLUME OF THAING THAT ARE CALLED RACIST OR SEXIST THAT CLEARLY ARNT IS ASTONOMICAL….QUITE APART FROM THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE STUPID (IF THAT WASNT THE CASE ALL SJW/FEMINIST TYPES WOULD BE BANGED UP)……….OF COURSE THE NUMBER ONE REASON TO BAN A BOOK IS BECAUSE IT PROVES YOU WRONG – IN FACT THE BIBLE IS ONE OF THE MOST BANNED BOOKS EVER – EVEN NOW ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNIST OR ISLAMIC COUNTRIES – AFTER ALL CANT HAVEÂ A BOOK THAT PROVES YOU WRONG GETTING TO THE PEOPLE…..(http://WWW.CHICK.COM AND http://WWW.JOSH.ORG – FOR SOME BOOKS MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANNED).
Books equal ideas and ideas are dangerous and powerful. Those who seek to ban books want absolute control of a subject. Witches, wizards and magic have to equal the devil. Racism is not a powerful part of society. It does not matter what book is found objectionable, it is always the ideas that illuminate or counter accepted norms that are the problem. Do I think pornography belongs in the hands of children? No but I do believe that book banning is absolutely abhorrent and should never be part of any government or education.
Why would Slaughterhouse-Five be banned? Sure it has sexual content, but these scenes serve as statements on human sexuality and perversion. It also explores how pornography can take such a hold on someone, even with limited exposure. Billy Pilgrim's sexual desires were not being fulfilled due to his marriage that he believed he was powerless to fight against. Thus, Montana Wildhack, the adult film actress served as a symbol of the life he could've had if he had not married his wife due to her father's connections. Kurt Vonnegut uses sexual content purposefully instead of just thrilling the reader.
American parents needs to stop being complete pussies.
0:53 Susan Boyle?
i didnt know that catch 22 was a book. I never understood the reference
How comes no religious texts have been banned? A very high portion of them all include violence, rape, theft, being sneaky, lying, how to kill someone, etc. Yes there are good points as well in them but it's a bit hypocritical to ban one book and not another just because of its status in society.
My goal is when I get older I want to get my book banned by someone
The hunger games was banned at our school after a petition was signed to get the book into schools library in the first place
Those who burn books would never be able to understand their meanings.
It's almost physically painful to think about all the knowledge and history people intentionally destroyed by burning books!
The irony in wanting to burn Fahrenheit 451*