YOU BAN BOOKS, WE READ THEM ANYWAY

[defrog]

Yr Fuck Censorship headline of the day:



From Gawker:

Earlier this month, parents convinced Idaho's Meridian school district to ban Sherman Alexie's National Book Award-winning Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian over the objections of 350 students who signed a petition to keep it. […]

In response to the banning, supporters of the book started a fundraiser to buy a copy of Alexie's novel for each of the 350 teens who wanted to read it. Teaming with local bookshop Rediscovered Bookshop, they handed out 315 copies last week as part of a World Book Night event.

At which point the parents who had the book banned from the school called the cops to stop the organizers from giving them books.

Turns out banning a book from school doesn’t make it illegal to give the book to students.:

Police talked to student organizer Brady Kissel and found there was nothing wrong with distributing the book.

Now Alexie's publisher, Hachette, has gotten word of the incident and sent an additional 350 copies to Rediscovered, free to any student who wants one.

And it’s happy nice time for everyone. Except the book banners.

Oh well.

And justice for all,

This is dF