One school system made this push to ban Fahrenheit 451, a book about a frightening future where books are burned and intelligence is squashed. Whoever it was was trying to keep it from being used in the cirriculum as well as taken out of the library. When they finally relented and allowed the book to be taught, the school blacked out and cencored all the swear words. 0_o
Another instance with the same book: (from Wikipedia) One particularly ironic circumstance is that, unbeknownst to Bradbury, his publisher released a censored edition in 1967 that eliminated the words "damn" and "hell" for distribution to schools. Later editions with all words restored include a "Coda" from the author describing this event and further thoughts on censorship and "well-meaning" revisionism.
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One school system made this push to ban Fahrenheit 451, a book about a frightening future where books are burned and intelligence is squashed. Whoever it was was trying to keep it from being used in the cirriculum as well as taken out of the library. When they finally relented and allowed the book to be taught, the school blacked out and cencored all the swear words. 0_o
Another instance with the same book: (from Wikipedia)
One particularly ironic circumstance is that, unbeknownst to Bradbury, his publisher released a censored edition in 1967 that eliminated the words "damn" and "hell" for distribution to schools. Later editions with all words restored include a "Coda" from the author describing this event and further thoughts on censorship and "well-meaning" revisionism.
The world sure is a bizzare place.