Harry Potter
By the corrupter of our youth, J.K. Rowling
I mean just look at those covers. Those are covers that just scream "Not Suitable For Children"
Look at it.
Horrible.
Harry Potter promotes harmful messages to children, such as loyalty, honour, a sense of moral integrity, teamwork, kindness, individuality and pride in one's intelligence. These are the hallmarks of a well adjusted, compassionate, confident child or teen, and everyone knows that ultimately, it is those children who are the downfall of today's society.
What's more, Harry Potter is very often the series that fosters a love of reading in the child. Not only is their introduction to reading through this promoter of depravity, but they are also reading. No person in their right mind would want their children, or any impressionable, young person in their life to be reading. How could you live with yourself if you knew that a child was reading and you were doing nothing about it? How could you live with the life-long guilt that would bring?
Finally, books, and reading in general, expose children to ideas and opinions that are different to the ones they were raised with. Why would you want children to be aware of anything non-black-and-white that could promote a healthy discussion of complex issues. Books are the easiest way to shatter the carefully constructed bubble of authority-figure-approved values and social norms that took so much time to construct around the child or teen. So I say, in the spirit of banned book week BAN ALL THE BOOKS! Encourage the suppression of all media that differs from your viewpoint, and use censorship to push your opinions and values one everyone else!
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In all seriousness though, please try and read at least one banned book this week. The internet abounds with lists of banned books. Show your support for the literary cause, because in my opinion, if the books are being banned, they must be doing something right.
