Katie Couric's Notebook: 'Banned Books Week' (CBS News)

[theamazinbagman]

haha harry potter? fuckin idiots

[yamiarisu49]

I have read 14 banned books in total. My favorites include, 'Hamlet', 'The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', 'Catcher in the Rye', and 'To Kill a Mocking Bird',

[kingbushwickthe33rd]

Roydu;  Are you still fantasing about the"Squeal Like a Pig"scene from"Deliverance"??

Are you still living in your parent's basement???

Your'e just another doosh who fantasise about the creepy old man from"Family Guy"!!

"Say Young Man!!You Like Popsicles?

[kingbushwickthe33rd]

"Permit a woman to teach nor to have authority over a man".-From The book of Timothy.

tell me again why the Koran is evil but the Bible is holy??

[kingbushwickthe33rd]

Leave Katie Couric alone!!!

You don't know jackshyt except what a

bunch of TV Preachers who want to bring Sharia Law to America

under the guise of"Christian Values"and whatever the f__k Faux Snooze tells you!!!

Just go find yourself a Gay Old Party Gaywad like Michael Savage or Matthew Sanchez and go hitchike down the Hershey Highway!!!

[kingbushwickthe33rd]

I think that anybody who wants to ban books needs to be burnt in a bonfire!!!

[paradoxparody]

fuck harry potter there are some really good books that are getting banned and they get none of the recognition, like my brother sam is dead.

[arizonaviking]

"It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it." Salman Rushdie

[nijce88]

To all those narrow minded people (rather children) who are making statistics and talking about islam and muslims... i want to ask you one question: HAS THE MEDIA INFLUENCED YOU OR IS YOUR OPINION BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE RESEARCHED?!

1. did you read the Qura'an?

2. Did you read Ahadith?

3. DO YOU KNOW WHAT ISLAM IS?!

4. Do you base your statement/opinion based on the censored and made up videos?

I hate when people PRETEND to have an opinion!!

[Jeremy12three]

Rebel against authority! Read a banned book.

[newf360]

Is this the same bitch who talks about banning violent video games??Talk about being a fucking hypocrite.

[DeathlyDavid]

@newf360 ??? unlike books, violent videogames do not teach anything. TKAM teaches many life lessons. Blowing up aliens with lots of guts doesn't.

[sockschappercat]

@DeathlyDavid Perhaps you should play the assassin's creed series? Judging games through stereotypes doesn't get you anywhere. Most games are educational in some way. Assassin's creed has mini history lessons attached to every point of interest and the story uses real people and events that were around during the Italian renaissance. Other games, such as Far Cry 2, rely on navigation and map reading skills to get around the game world. Many also require very careful planning before playing.

[DeathlyDavid]

@sockschappercat Well I guess you have a point there but not about 1st person games. They're more action than thinkings. I mean strategy games like Civilization, where you have to raise a country from the stone age to the space age or Napoleon Total War and the rest of the total war series. They start off historical but its what you do that changes history. Total war also has super realistic battle sequences that make you think). Halo, which used to be super popular, doesn't really teach.

[sockschappercat]

@DeathlyDavid Well, military simulators such as ArmA and Operation Flashpoint emphasise tactical thinking and patience, as one well-placed round can kill both the enemy and the player character. Also, one badly placed round can cause the whole enemy military to start hunting them down. "Start game, pull trigger, win" games such as CoD and Halo don't teach much at all though. Having played shooters and fired real weapons, I also know that firing a virtual weapon doesn't affect real weapon skills.

[Nerocification]

4/4

I post this because Katie Couric like so many Americans are ignorant trying to whitewash and Americanize Islam with her Muslim Cosby Show idea. Islam is a very violent religion especially with especially against gays and women. Even 90% of Muslims haven’t read the Qu’ran, possibly because they are forbidden to read.

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Then you have people like Katie Couric calling informed people bigots because they know the truth. It’s time truth slapped this beyotch upside the head.

[Nerocification]

3 /4

Oklahoma voters banned Sharia Law (taking into account any court case which uses Islamic system of Sharia Law) in 2010 by 70%. A Federal judge has placed a temporary injunction on the ballot measure to weigh the constitutionality of the rights of the voters versus the rights of the individual according to CNN. GOOGLE “americanthinker sharia law” and click on the “top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies” link to see why this is bad.

[Nerocification]

2/4 I want to see you talk back the way Clair Huxtable did, and get slapped across the face consistent with [4:34] of the Qu’ran.That Bill Cosby would be such a card! Enlightenment could not be funnier. I also want Bill’s friends to come over and play some Poker, and you disagree with one of Bill’s friends, and Bill will say, “He’s right, his word is worth twice yours, woman!” consistent with [4.11].

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Allen West 2012

[Nerocification]

1/4

Katie, only if you played the Muslim wife version of Clair Huxtable. I want to see you wear a burka during the entire series, because that’s what respectful muslim women do. I want to see lots of scenes where you don’t want sex, and your “Bill Cosby” plows his fields essentially raping you consistent with [2. 223] of the Qu’ran. Damn that’s just slap-stick comedy right there!

[notbestfriends]

Obama bans oil exploration, coal mining & nuclear development. Now THAT should be a concern for all.

[christopher48100]

BAN BOOKS.SOUNDS LIKE AMERICA IS TRYING TO BE THE NEXT NAZI COUNTRY

[FreedomInAmerica]

Daniel Pipes of the Middle East Forum states there's between 120,000,000 to 180,000,000 Muslims that support terrorism (militant Islam). Majority don't speak out against it, and it's unknown whether this is due to fear or sympathy.

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Allen West 2012

[FreedomInAmerica]

2/2 I want to see you talk back the way Clair Huxtable did, and get slapped across the face consistent with [4:34] of the Qu’ran. I also want Bill’s friends to come over and play some Poker, and you disagree with one of Bill’s friends, and Bill will say, “He’s right, his word is worth twice yours, woman!” consistent with [4.11]. That Bill Cosby would be such a card! Enlightenment could not be funnier.

[FreedomInAmerica]

Hey Katie about your Muslim Cosby Show idea,

1/2

Katie, only if you played the Muslim wife version of Clair Huxtable. I want to see you wear a burka during the entire series, because that’s what respectful muslim women do. I want to see lots of scenes where you don’t want sex, and your “Bill Cosby” plows his fields essentially raping you consistent with [2. 223] of the Qu’ran. Damn that’s just slap-stick comedy right there!

[roydu100]

Katie wants to ban the Bible and is okay with elementary school kids reading Pervert in the Park with a Present in his Pants.

[roydu100]

You only want the Bible banned from public libraries.

[baggedyman]

What happened to Amendment 1?

[jaseyboy]

"We can't take away from their ability to learn to think critically."

And this is the crux of the matter. These parents and organisations that want to ban books don't want their children to think critically. It's too hard to indoctrinate them otherwise.

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

why not ban the bible, it says slavery and murder is ok.

[TheNerdyCanuck]

The biggest bookstore chain in Canada is called Indigo. Indigo owns two other large bookstore chains called Chapters and Coles. In 2001, Indigo's Jewish CEO banned Hitler's book Mein Kampf from being sold in all Indigos, Chapterses, or Coleses citing that it was hateful. I'm curious, what do you think about this? Do you think that a book that hateful should be banned? Do you think that the Jewish CEO had alterior motives? I'm very curious about this. Not sure what to think myself.

[ggyhhh]

@TheNerdyCanuck That book should be fully available to the public. no man has the right to shun another mans words. no matter how fucked those words are. because men speak with the same tongue. We are all imperfect. These books "regardless of prospectives on them" make people better. and that doesn't mean for opinion. It makes people think "hopefully". Books are ideas. they cannot be banned.

[VX123d]

@TheNerdyCanuck I think they should sell it. It's not like the mass of people are buying the book to follow and re-create what Hitler did. I think most people wanted to know what was going on in his head. I think if they didn't want people to see it they should just back list it so that it's not sold in the store but you can still order through the company.

[Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Oh she does not mind the government taking away the rights to buy what games i buy. She such a Hypocrite and i bet she does not mind banning books or movies to.

[MikuYagami]

dont forget caughter in the rye

[manarinb]

those evangelicals. why they harry hate'in

[thegreatskeptic]

Lets not forget Fahrenheit 451 because they burn the bible in it. Freedom only exists when information is spread freely. Every time they ban a book they kill a bit of our freedom, and the fact that there are people who rally behind banning books for various reasons makes me sick. If you don't like something or if something offends you don't read/listen/watch it, period. But this argument isn't about choice its about control, that is what it has always been about, control info, control freedom

[spankthereasoner]

Banning never does anything constructive, education does.

[TheOpenminded12460]

@spankthereasoner @TheOpenMinded12460 I agree, just because, a kid picks up and reads Huckleberry Finn does not mean your kid will become a Klansman. It's like just because a child plays Mortal Kombat or plays Halo, it does not mean they are going to do Domestic Violence nor does it mean, they are going to shoot their school up with fully loaded guns.

[MrBonethrower]

wtf?! who would dare try to ban "To kill a mocking bird"??

[Chamelionroses]

I agree Judith. Parents should not expect others to babysit their kids. The world has things what it has. Best to try to make knowledge in our children over ignorance. There is ways at different ages to explain things.

[jublywubly]

If they're going to ban those sorts of books, why not ban the old testament? It's full of racism, sodomy, murder, greed etc. Like those other books, it's all in what a person chooses to gain from reading it. ie. Personal interpretation is subjective and we can't keep blaming books, CDs and movies for our own problems.

[simonjeste]

you forgot about incest.

[jublywubly]

I also forgot child abuse with that part about using a stick to beat children into submission when they want to have free thought and believe what they want to believe, rather than someone else's unsubstantiated beLIEfs.

[flinzo]

they don't ban the old testament because it's all about control. Religion helps them with that. And all the reasons she stated why they aare banned is just bullshit. the books are banned cuz they have information that they won't want you to know. The goverment hates good informed people.

[perksy10001]

amazing how books like 1984 are banned, thinking out of the box.

[jublywubly]

I don't think 1984 was listed in that particular video, but the idea of banning books is part of what the book 1984 is about, so I wouldn't be surprised if those same people want "Nineteen-Eighty Four" banned as it acts as a warning about over-censorship and over-control of people.

I'm reading the book at the moment and I'm surprised how many inspired stories came from that one book, such as the movie "Logan's Run".

[perksy10001]

It was in US public schools in an article published in the new york time in 2008.

[jublywubly]

Cheers for that. :-)

[perksy10001]

I can't believe to kill a mocking bird was on the list, it's a classic. It always christians group that front this movement they care more about controlling us than letting us be free to do what we want.

[aarondavid826]

@perksy10001 muslums just threaten to kill us if we do something they don't like

[danthor999]

"Offensive Language or Sexual Content" A Common Phrase used by Feminist in an effort to Ban

or Censor, just in case it was important. She Doesn't fool me just because She's Pretty and has that

"Girl Next Door" Smile. Katie Loves To Bash Men then Dress provocatively to do Her part to arouse

and attract Men so other Women can have an easier time Sexually Manipulating Mens Natural Desires, AKA The Ultimate Ban. I Won't Get Fooled Again------Thor

[danthor999]

It is a Common Fact to Me that Feminists very much Enjoy Censorship.

Take Nancy Grace for Instance. When with Court TV it was Commonplace

for them to Ban any input from Men even when presented

using acceptable rules of debate. In addition, It is clear that History Shows

a Solid Path of Censorship from our Politically Active Sisters.

Watch Out Katie, sand can get in your eyes. hahahahah----Thor

[fuklibs]

Pathetic cunt who got where she is by laying on her back.

[ukendcx2000]

Tell me about it.

[artloverrob]

Katie,I hope they let us think ten years from now...WHERE are the prosicutions of the responsibles?....

[ucd77]

i'd love to shag her

[Maykill123]

America---------------> Nazi Germany

[default99telecom]

The Albatrose around CBS's neck speaks. Letterman is next.

[mrbearbear83]

Why would you ban 'to kill a mockingbird' its an excellent book!

[randomimbecile]

LOL. Wow, why that? FAIL.

[mrbearbear83]

no i'm seriouis, why ban 'of mice and men', 'huck finn' (prehaps because it uses the N word?) and 'to kill a mockingbird'? Why? They are all good books to read and should form any persons reading list at some stage in their life time.

[GhostofVengence]

The word is 'nigger'. Stop trying to be politically correct.

[ukendcx2000]

Perhaps this nigger would be offended by that.  You took great liberties to put the word out there.

[Croscros72]

You typed out 'nigger.' What makes that any less offensive? Because you're black? Well, that's bullshit. That's racism. You're saying only black people can say certain words. Fuck that noise. Nigger nigger nigger.

[VX123d]

@mrbearbear83 I totally agree, I mean where I'm from we have to read some of these books in school. It's stupid to take them out of libraries!

[aarondavid826]

@mrbearbear83 no kidding

[Se7enBeatleofDoom]

@mrbearbear83 People want to ban the book because they to uptight about reading a great book because it deals with stuff that happen in real life. I am sorry the last time i check rape trails happen every day i'm i wrong?

[wannaplayscoot]

@mrbearbear83 So is Huck Finn and Of Mice and Men!

[steveo1964]

Is this shit really going on it reminds me of the book burning bonfires in Nazi Germany in world war II

[Ragaapoo]

Hi katie, i was wondering does this relate to a novel call Fahrenheit 451, how government ban books? please message as soon as you read this! please! thanks so much!

[mplsridah]

lol Katie is not gonna read this, stupid

[Ragaapoo]

ya i sorta realized that since she didnt respond to me! n im not stupid!

[AuShawster]

Katie, Did you ask Palin about banning books?

Now there is a topic where she would have expertize!

[clearly]

I'd better hide my porn collection then !