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>From: langston@memstvx1.memst.edu (Mark C. Langston)
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Subject: Re: _The Turing Option_news
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Date: 7 Sep 92 12:28:36 -0600
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In article <1992Sep7.165639.291@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, jmilhoan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jason T Milhoan) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep3.204150.21696@news.media.mit.edu> minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) writes:
>>>In article <185bhuINNj0v@agate.berkeley.edu> cascio@garnet.berkeley.edu (Jamais Cascio) writes:
>>>>>
>>>>btw-- F451 is on the list for the top 5 banned books in US schools...
>>>>wonder why?
>>>
>>>Where is this marvelous list?  I'g like to see the rest of it!
> 
> An example of just how ridiculous this list can be...  The Where's Waldo series of kid's books (wjere you have to find the picture of Waldo on a page with hundreds of other people) is banned because of the Satanic elements.  Yes, some even have a little picture of a witch in them.
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> I had a girlfriend who worked at a bookstore.  She had access to the list of banned books, and I actually got pretty upset at the reasons for why some of the books were banned.  The store even sponsored a "Banned Book Week", where all titles of the banned books which they had in stock were on sale and special displays were made up.
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> JT
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> 


Davis Kidd Booksellers does this from time to time, and would probably be
receptive to requests for the list...


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