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When a book is actually "banned", you get thrown in jail for downloading an illegal copy from libgen or conspiring to distribute photocopied samizdat. Consult
by yttribium 3y ago
When a book is actually "banned", you get thrown in jail for downloading an illegal copy from libgen or conspiring to distribute photocopied samizdat. Consult the United Kingdom for examples.
- kstrauser 3y agoBy that definition, almost nothing is banned anywhere outside of North Korea and similar authoritarian regimes. What would you call it when the government tells a library to remove books?
- constantcrying 3y ago>What would you call it when the government tells a library to remove books? Removal of books from a library. If a library includes material glorifying national socialism would you argue it should be removed as well? >By that definition, almost nothing is banned anywhere outside of North Korea and similar authoritarian regimes. I think "liberalism" is the word you are struggling for. Germany is more heavy handed on this then America for example.
- kstrauser 3y ago> Removal of books from a library. "We're not burning books. We're just making a public bonfire of wood products." > If a library includes material glorifying national socialism would you argue it should be removed as well? I've seen Mein Kampf in a library.
- constantcrying 3y ago>I've seen Mein Kampf in a library. Should it be kept there because many people keep reading it or do you believe that any library needs curation based on ideology?
- yttribium 3y agoEssentially every country in the world aside from the United States (particularly Europe and UK/AU/NZ/CA as I mentioned) actually bans particular books for real, well beyond "you can't buy it with tax dollars, you can buy a copy at any bookstore though".