tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088208934955479590.post1995146840414065476..comments2023-11-02T04:53:02.190-04:00Comments on Wrighty's Reads: Top 10 challenged titles of 2012Wrightyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16234033570150645504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088208934955479590.post-52790992870771724242013-09-29T17:43:16.095-04:002013-09-29T17:43:16.095-04:00That depends on who "others" are. IMO (...That depends on who "others" are. IMO (and yes, I've looked at it, but not read the whole thing) Fifty Shades is a badly written piece of sexually explicit trash. If you want to read it, go ahead. It's your money and your time. Do not assign my kids to read it. Does it belong in a public library? Given it's great popularity, I'd say yes. <br /><br />It seems to me that most books that are "challenged" are challenged when school kids are assigned to read them or when schools buy them. Then you get into the whole question of who gets to pick what my kids read. While I see the purpose of public libraries to be providing the reading material the public wants (good, bad or otherwise) schools are there to educate. I see no reason for a school to carry Fifty Shades. Some of the others are questionable IMO--they promote beliefs and attitudes at odds with mine. If my beliefs are in the majority in my community, I don't think schools should be promoting other beliefs. Schools are there to help parents, to to usurp their authority.RAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088208934955479590.post-85123069926557108232013-09-25T17:49:12.141-04:002013-09-25T17:49:12.141-04:00I've read 4 of those and loved them all! 2,3,9...I've read 4 of those and loved them all! 2,3,9,10. Seriously, people need to be more concerned about harmful things and less about forcing their opinions on others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com