Give a Voice to Banned Books by Geri https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks Censorship: Good or Bad and Why en-us 2016-09-22 20:23:40 UTC 2017-09-26 17:30:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/43566563/5d1ec5da252f3a7ca8d083b47c24b0ff/books.png Empower Individuals https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/126825864 Censorship takes power and agency away from individuals. People ought to be able to write and read what they please, even if it challenges their beliefs.]]> 2016-09-27 22:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/126825864 “Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." — Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127124758 2016-09-28 22:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127124758 Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime . . . .” — Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, dissenting Ginzberg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 (1966) https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127124783 2016-09-28 22:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127124783 “There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.” ― Frank Zappa https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127125040 2016-09-28 22:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127125040 “Congress Shall Make No Law Respecting an Establishment of Religion, or Prohibiting the Free Exercise Thereof; or Abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press; or the Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble, and To Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances.”— First Amendment https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127125424 2016-09-28 23:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/purpurgm/bannedbooks/wish/127125424