Did you ever hear anyone say, "That work had better be banned because I might read it, and it might be very damaging to me?"
-J. H. Jackson, in the San Francisco Chronicle
Censorship occurs when any governing body removes material from open access. Almost always the motive for challenging or banning a book is cited as protection of childhood innocence or common decency, of law and order, the "one true faith," or a nation's security. But unlike the parent who monitors a child's reading, the censor seeks, through the public forum, to protect all "children," whether or not protection is warranted.
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