In the course of human history there has been some people who think they are always right and can decide what is good or bad for the rest of our society. Sometimes these "enlightened people" go far away and decide what kind of books people have to read and what books should be banned.
Well, I think we have the right to read what we want, as adults we can choose what is good for us. I don´t believe someone else must decide for you, even if he has good intentions.
I´ve read few books in my life, two of them was banned in their author´s countries. The first one is "Open veins of Latin America (1971)" written by Eduardo Galeano. In the book Eduardo analyses the Latin America history since The discovery of America until today, describing the dominance of Europe (and later North America) over Latin America and the consequences of this situation. It´s a left wing politic book, that was the reason it was banned under the right wing military governments of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.
The second one is "The gospel according to Jesus Christ (1991)" written by Jose Saramago. In this book Saramago presents a imagined human interpretation of the life of Jesus, in this case Secretary of State for culture banned his novel, claiming that the work not representative of Portugal, but was instead divisive of portuguese people.
I think banning a book is a very dangerous thing, if we let our government ban books, we are forgetting one of the principles of human rights: the freedom of speech. On the other hand, I believe banning a book is a good publicity.
I would like to know your opinion about this, have you read any banned book? Is there any reason for banning a book?
Thanks for your time.
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Hi Pilar, thanks for your nice words. I suggest you read posts from all my friends, there are many things to learn from them...
Have a nice day mi dear friend...
Hello Kristianne, what book are you talking about??
If some book is a best seller, is not necessarily a good book, in fact books of superior value tend not to be bestsellers.
I have to say the same thing about banned books, just because they´ve been forbidden, it doesn´t mean all of them are good books.
Yes, banning the books make them best sellers.
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Hello Estanis, thanks for your comment, you´re right, if I have to decide I prefer a book banned than a condemned to death writer.
Have a nice day.
Thanks Jeffrey about the statement "banning books is a good publicity" I mean things are more attractive when they are forbidden. For example, thanks to this blog, I´m making a list of banned books, (I hope to read some of them).
Probably if these books are not banned, I wouldn´t know anything about them.
Is it clear to you know?
About your first comment, I have some doubts about "hate speech", (obviously it doesn't cause any physical harm) but I´m not sure if this kind of expression should be banned, I ask to myself does anybody has the right to incite violence against others, just because he has the right to express his ideas?? I think the answer is no.
Thanks for yout time my friend, I hope see you again.
Hello Jeffrey, good to see you again my friend. First of all, can you upload your first comment again? I read it on my cell phone, but now I don´t know why this comment doesn´t appear in my page.
Hello Mohammed, thanks for your comment, you hit the nail on the head, I think banning book has to do with "control over population"; uneducated people are easy to control and some leaders know this very well.
Have a nice day my friend, thanks for your time....
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