Banned Books Week

Hello stumbling apes,
It's Banned Books Week here in the land of the free and home of the depraved. Throughout the history of our great nation you may have found a few things missing among the amber waves of grain: BOOKS! Not all of them, just the ones that scare the ignorant. The ALA has organized Banned Book Week so we heathenous free spirits can celebrate books and authors who have been challenged by the party-pooping un-fun status quo. Surely this week is a celebration of all that is wretched, vile, wicked, appalling, lustful, irresponsible, and hell-bent on corrupting good innocent minds and spreading that which is feared so voraciously: freedom.

These books could transform the good wholesome American into a leaping, frothing hell-hound devil who dances maniacally among bonfires of burning bonnets, baseball gloves, apple pies, and American dreams. Ironically, I always thought it was NOT READING that turned good little boys and girls into junkies, thieves, and whores. I must have been distracted by the pitter patter of my own cloven hooves to think that freedom is a good thing. Blinded by the fires of hell, I have failed to see the rights of some people to dictate what other people should or shouldn't be reading.

Here's a list of banned books in America:
BANNED BOOKS IN AMERICA

For more about Banned Books Week, visit the American Library Association website:
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek