No book, viewed through the myopic eye, of the present should ever be banned from the receptive minds of those for whom they were intended.

We must not let what civilization has lost as a result of the burning of the Library of Alexandria to ever happen again. Fahrenheit 451 be damned.

Any resurrection of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, in any of its malevolent restrictive forms, must be eradicated before it can take root.

Just imagine, these books were once banned in the United States:

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
2. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
3. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling.
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
5. The Color Purple...

No book, viewed through the myopic eye, of the present should ever be banned from the receptive minds of those for whom they were intended.

We must not let what civilization has lost as a result of the burning of the Library of Alexandria to ever happen again. Fahrenheit 451 be damned.

Any resurrection of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, in any of its malevolent restrictive forms, must be eradicated before it can take root.

Just imagine, these books were once banned in the United States:

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
2. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
3. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling.
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
6. Animal Farm by George Orwell.
7. Beloved by Toni Morrison.
8. Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
9. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
10. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

And, of course, we must not forget, James Joyce's masterpiece, "Ulysses," one of the most important books of the 20th century.

We, who are members of the James Joyce Society, consider him to be on par with the Bard, himself.

http://classiclit.about.com/od/joycejames9/fr/aa_ulysses.htm