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	<title>Comments on: News Bites: Get Your Voice Heard During Banned Books Week!</title>
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		<title>By: Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries</dc:creator>
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		<description>&quot;Book banning does exist in this day and age&quot;?  Where?  No books have been banned in the USA for about half a century.  Thomas Sowell calls BBW &quot;National Hogwash Week&quot; and for good reason.  To balance the above story with factual information, read what Dr. Sowell said and many others here: http://tinyurl.com/Sowell

As former ALA Councilor Jessamyn West said, &quot;It also highlights the thing we know about Banned Books Week that we don&#039;t talk about much — the bulk of these books are challenged by parents for being age-inappropriate for children.  While I think this is still a formidable thing for librarians to deal with, it&#039;s totally different from people trying to block a book from being sold at all.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Book banning does exist in this day and age&#8221;?  Where?  No books have been banned in the USA for about half a century.  Thomas Sowell calls BBW &#8220;National Hogwash Week&#8221; and for good reason.  To balance the above story with factual information, read what Dr. Sowell said and many others here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/Sowell" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/Sowell</a></p>
<p>As former ALA Councilor Jessamyn West said, &#8220;It also highlights the thing we know about Banned Books Week that we don&#8217;t talk about much — the bulk of these books are challenged by parents for being age-inappropriate for children.  While I think this is still a formidable thing for librarians to deal with, it&#8217;s totally different from people trying to block a book from being sold at all.&#8221;</p>
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