Hello there!
‘Tis I, (Sage) and I bring to you another Daily Controversy! This one is concerning book bans.
In recent times there have been some, well, controversial book bans. At first glance book-banning seems like a good idea to regulate the content that is produced, but does it restrict freedom?
“Does book banning infringe on free press?”
Freedom of Press
Free speech — The First Amendment. What more can I say? A lot, due to this. If people allow a small amount of breaching this amendment, they are likely to do it again.
Publisher — The publisher decides if they want to publish and can choose if they want to publish something, the government shouldn’t.
Morals — Unfortunately, keeping books moral is more important than freedom. As we live in a sinful world, we need to be prepared to take action, like book banning.
My Opinion
Personally, I think book bans are unfortunately necessary. Because of the world we live in, sometimes book bans are needed to help other people from being harmed by their contents. As much as I would like to agree with the anti-book-banning side, I believe that freedom is not as important as morality.
Good bye!
I think that no books should be banned from public libraries or from being sold online. However, I do think private entities, like schools, should be able to choose which books they allow in their library. While there are books that I would rather had never been written, I think that it would be infringing on the author's rights to ban the book. Also, if the government bans one book, that means suddenly that they have the power to ban any book, as long as they think it's material is questionable. Then you have things like Anne Frank's Diary and Animal Farm, and now even things like Dr. Seuss for goodness' sake getting banned. Animal Farm? The government is trying to copy the pigs? Seriously. That would be a scary world.
I highly disagree. Free press should always be respected. There should definitely be content restrictions for children's books and such but no books should be banned. If there is a book you don't like, no one is forcing you to read or buy them. Having the freedom to publish a book is an American right I value and that shouldn't be disrespected just because certain people disagree with the book's content.