Against Banned Books (Please Spread This Pic & The Text)

The 1st Amendment starts with Congress shall make NO law concerning a religion nor the free exercise thereof...

Book Banning is such an awful thing,... parents who want to care for their kids challenge books and then... they perhaps ar banned... Banned Book week is a great celebration... celebrate freedom of speech and press is what they want to say... and these parents who "care" for their kids i cant understand them... they let them watch tvtvtv and play violent videogames but books shall be difficult? weird ^^

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” — Benjamin Franklin

“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

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Girl flyer says:

i never see that sign ..what that for ?
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

florian.b says:

I created it coz of the book-banning-hype in America (see capture).
Didnt you hear of it. i gonna post a comment...
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

plexure says:

Wow, great job on creating that sign Flo. I wouldn't have guessed it was a fake image.

The topic you are talking about is quite a dynamic one.

There are people with extreme views who believe books should be banned, and people that don't. Unfortunately there is no easy answer.

I personally think that the books should be available and that parents should read any book they think might be questionable and decide for them selves. Then if they decide to let their children read it, they can ensure their kids get the messages they believe they should.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

flagme! says:

die amerikaner leiden unter einem aufgebauten gespinn aus doppelmoral. einerseits predigen sie enthalsamkeit und verbannen sex aus dem täglichen leben, andererseits gibt es kaum soviele schwangere jugendliche wie dort. ein fragwürdiges land...
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

florian.b says:

@ pixiemeister: Du hast mir das Wort von der Zunge genommen!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Autodidactic Lumpenproletarian [deleted] says:

Pixie & LS: You are correct, American attitudes concerning morality are schizophrenic. This probably comes from our mistaken egalitarianism concerning ideas -- we give similar consideration to ALL points of view and a fractured moral climate is one unexpected consequence of this noble, if misguided approach.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Andrew Morrell Photography says:

Scary scary scary! Keep your hands off of my books! Neo-cons are scary.

As for the photo, there are a few things that make it just OK. The sky is blinding for starters. The sign is hard to capture on its own because it's an odd shape. So, you'll need to pay attention to the other things in the frame.

T2+Z2.5=4.5

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Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

plexure says:

@Ordinary

You might find the following link, and it's subsiquent links, useful as well:
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/ba nnedbooksweek.htm
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Zyan says:

Double moral is not just an issue in the USA. It perhaps is something typical of most of the Christian countries that were not greatly influences the the Reformation. For example, I was told that the Pope, Ratzinger, is against the Harry Potter books and that he even burnt some of them.
Of course, this is just my hypothesis.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

DanielN says:

That has to be the greatest sign i have ever read.

As for the photo, I would have to say that the framing is a bit off. You should have framed the shot square center to highlite the sign, which I believe was your intention. The sky is blown out, but I don't think that matters since you probablyl didn't want to sit and wait for the lighting to change just for this shot.

As for the zing, I really like it. Speaks louder then the message on the sign.

T2+Z4= 6
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

anschnaller says:

t2+z3
the sky id to bright and the picture seems to be a bit tilted
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Walmink says:

Your photographic skills (I had a quick look in your gallery) are exceptional. How long have you been taking photographs?

About this on: Banning books is the biggest joke I have ever heard about in our modern multi-multi-connected world. Please, let everyone make his/her own opinion; I feel offended regarding my intelligence if my country would do such a thing (the only book that is banned in the Netherlands in "Mein Kampf", sensitive subject...)

Sooo, for the rating: I like the idea, though it is not completely clear to me without description. I thought it was about THE book. Also, the quality of the photo is less than most of your other pictures. Make sure to post your better ones!

T2 + Z3 = 5
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

florian.b says:

THANKS!

>Walmik

Thank you very much...

next time i'll post my better ones ;-)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Violator3 says:

No, you don't

Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

~My aim is true~ says:

Ha, that's awesome!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

dora. [deleted] says:

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Al-Pin says:

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Glauka[deleted] [deleted] says:

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Kwisatch says:

Banning a book (or flickr) is great publicity though <--backfire, hahaha!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Elena! says:

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esther (off) says:

for a free speech and thought liberty WorldWide, also on flickr

Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

frappu says:

great pic! book banning is the death of culture and modern society.

Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

'YARRET says:

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Glauka[deleted] [deleted] says:

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flyzipper says:

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Miss Pola says:

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Coal and Ice says:

Mwa Ha Ha HA!

The puny & meek librarians
are going after Big Brother

tinyurl.com/ze6hd

Great Sign Florian!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

schani says:

Sorry, but as a photo, notwithstanding the message, this is terribly boring.

T3+Z0=3

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Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

P.A says:

T2+Z1=3
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Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Adnan. says:

hi Flo, can i contribute with my "banned" photo

gr.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

florian.b says:

Off course, you cann :)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

lkedwards says:

interesting snapshot, interesting message.

t2z2

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Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

sportyjac22 says:

message is good, but it loses something for me because it's not real (must be the ex-journalist in me) T3+Z1=4
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Brad Ross of Shhpeko says:

Picture of a sign. This shows no originality to me. Simply trying to pass along a message.

T1+Z1=2

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Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

sous les pavés, la plage says:

you have 63 points after 9 ratings by rate me. even with the highest scoring you would miss overrated, so I'm pulling this one. I hope you won't mind after all this time.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Alex Anyarch says:

Why isn't this picture creative common licensed? I'd like to spread this..
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

svcnt says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Typescapes, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

anton hazewinkel says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Freedom Lost In Censor's Knocking Repression (FLICKR), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

pafinsp says:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
This is the FIRST line of the first Amendment..the first banned book was the BIBLE...Let's stop this unconstitutional ban!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Coal and Ice says:

pafinsp
The Bible is banned in Federal Law?
Do you have a statue to cite?

onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.ht ml
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

librarians after dark says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Library Love, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

drdrewhonolulu [deleted] says:

FFP Award
You are my favorite,please add this great 5+ fav photo to
Flickr Favorite Photographers(5+ fav/comment 3/invite 2)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

enso-on says:

Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe !@#$%&* Censorship, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

writtersrightword says:

American Library Ass. Banned Books Week
September 26−October 3, 2009
VIST YOUR COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND CHECK OUT A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN BANNED OR CHALLENGED.

www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedb ooksweek/ind...
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

pirathecaire says:

I just wanted to let you know that I used this picture for my blog, pirathecaire.wordpress.com. As you can see if you visit pirathecaire, it is a French blog, so if my comment is not clear, blame it on my poor English. ;) For your information, as you may not read French, pirathecaire is a blog about librarianship.

On my blog, if you roll over your picture, you will be able to read the «title» of the picture. I use a standard phrasing for each CC picture I put on my blog, that could be translated by something like «Picture created by [your name] under a Creative Commons [type of your license] license.» Your picture is also linked to its page on your flickr gallery, so the readers can track it back to you.

Thank you!
Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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