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

"Only On The Web": Each year efforts are made to pull "questionable" books from libraries' shelves. Katie Couric talks about "Banned Books Week" and its significance for libraries and literary freedom. (CBSNews.com)

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[mrbearbear83]

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

[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.

[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!!!

[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.

[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 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.

[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.