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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maus is a graphic novel.  I wouldn’t even call it literature.  It’s for people who are too lazy to actually read.  People are acting as if it is the same as the Diary of Anne Frank.   [/quote]

Yeah, those idiots that give out Pulitzer Prizes.  What were they thinking?

Illustrations devalue any good words that are next to them, and the fact that the books helps young people engage and understand a complex topic is meaningless because I don't like comics.

/ps that is sarcasm, and yes it is the same as DoAF, but that isn't the point.  People should get to decide for themselves.  And yes that goes for Mein Kampf also.[/quote]

Ah, "people" should decide for themselves, but which people?

Libraries have finite space and there are books that are pornographic, or simply false, or that advocate for genocide, etc.

To Kill A Mockingbird was given a Pulitzer Prize, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is frankly above the reach of any modern critic or award, as Hemingway put it, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn," but that hasn't stopped people from banning both.

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Hey I did not take a crack at TKAM or TAoHF, you took a crack at Maus.

I certainly agree with Hemingway about Twain but that is not relevant to the point.

What in Maus is false or advocates for genocide?  Or was that just another strawman?[/quote]

Did I say it advocated for genocide?  [/quote]

You said it was OK to ban books that are pornographic, simply false, or advocate for genocide, and you appear to support the banning of Maus, so which is it?

Maus is:

- Pornographic?
- Simply False? or
- Advocates Genocide?[/quote]

No, I was arguing a broader point, simply that not all books are fit for school libraries.

I wouldn't personally ban Maus, but Maus isn't an especially valuable work either so I don't see any reason to care greatly one way or the other.

Some people here are desperate to be offended, outraged.  Of course the real goal is to scream about how bad the other team is.  Nobody can seriously argue that a school library isn't complete without Maus.

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