June 29, 2006
Book Removal Delayed
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A Federal judge in Miami has ordered the Miami-Dade Country
school district not to remove a series of children's books from
its libraries until arguments against the removal can be heard
next month, The Associated Press reported. Invoking the
students' rights to a free press and due process, the American
Civil Liberties Union sued last week to prevent the district from
clearing the shelves of 25 titles, including one about Cuba that
depicts smiling youngsters in uniforms of the country's youth
organization. Judge Alan Gold scheduled the next hearing for July 21.
Yusuf Nuruddin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Re: Fahrenheit 451
Carole McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah, I wondered what it was doing
there. It's such an oldie. I
wondered if maybe Michael Moore's film had something to do with
reviving it. -C
Yes I think so. But it's also the general political climate: creeping fascism
and the erosion of civil liberties. I was prompted by the film --and the
implications of the times we live in -- to pull out my old worn copy for
re-reading. When the FBI can subpoena records of what books patrons are
checking out from the public libraries under the pretext of national security,
then we aren't too far away from the book-burning scenario of Fahrenheit 451.
Yusuf
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> <<Farenheit 451, of course, which is a classic, and V for Vendetta
> which has been made into a movie playing near you I have read.
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