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>From: jmilhoan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jason T Milhoan)
Subject: Re: _The Turing Option_
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>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.

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.

JT





