- The 1st Amendment starts with Congress shall make NO law concerning a religion nor the free exercise thereof... - pafinsp
Against Banned Books (Please Spread This Pic & The Text)
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
Comments and faves
orMone, chearn73, FloSchMUC, trishlet, and 143 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Girl flyer (93 months ago | reply)
i never see that sign ..what that for ?
florian.b (93 months ago | reply)
I created it coz of the book-banning-hype in America (see capture).
Didnt you hear of it. i gonna post a comment...
plexure (93 months ago | reply)
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.
flagme! (93 months ago | reply)
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...
florian.b (93 months ago | reply)
@ pixiemeister: Du hast mir das Wort von der Zunge genommen!
Autodidactic Lumpenproletarian [deleted] (93 months ago | reply)
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.
Andrew Morrell Photography (93 months ago | reply)
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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plexure (93 months ago | reply)
@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
Zyan (93 months ago | reply)
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.
DanielN (92 months ago | reply)
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
anschnaller (92 months ago | reply)
t2+z3
the sky id to bright and the picture seems to be a bit tilted
Walmink (91 months ago | reply)
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
florian.b (91 months ago | reply)
THANKS!
>Walmik
Thank you very much...
next time i'll post my better ones ;-)
Violator3 (91 months ago | reply)
No, you don't
~My aim is true~ (91 months ago | reply)
Ha, that's awesome!!
dora. [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)
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Kwisatch (91 months ago | reply)
Banning a book (or flickr) is great publicity though <--backfire, hahaha!!
Elena! (91 months ago | reply)
esther (off) (91 months ago | reply)
for a free speech and thought liberty WorldWide, also on flickr
frappu (91 months ago | reply)
great pic! book banning is the death of culture and modern society.
'YÁRRET (91 months ago | reply)
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Coal and Ice (87 months ago | reply)
Mwa Ha Ha HA!
The puny & meek librarians
are going after Big Brother
tinyurl.com/ze6hd
Great Sign Florian!
schani (87 months ago | reply)
Sorry, but as a photo, notwithstanding the message, this is terribly boring.
T3+Z0=3
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P.A (87 months ago | reply)
T2+Z1=3
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Adnan. (86 months ago | reply)
hi Flo, can i contribute with my "banned" photo
gr.
florian.b (86 months ago | reply)
Off course, you cann :)
lkedwards (86 months ago | reply)
interesting snapshot, interesting message.
t2z2
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sportyjac22 (86 months ago | reply)
message is good, but it loses something for me because it's not real (must be the ex-journalist in me) T3+Z1=4
Brad Ross (86 months ago | reply)
Picture of a sign. This shows no originality to me. Simply trying to pass along a message.
T1+Z1=2
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sous les pavés, la plage (86 months ago | reply)
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.
Alex Anyarch (77 months ago | reply)
Why isn't this picture creative common licensed? I'd like to spread this..
svcnt (75 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Typescapes, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
pafinsp (69 months ago | reply)
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!
Coal and Ice (69 months ago | reply)
pafinsp
The Bible is banned in Federal Law?
Do you have a statue to cite?
onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.ht ml
librarians after dark (67 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Library Love, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
drdrewhonolulu [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
You are my favorite,please add this great 5+ fav photo to
Flickr Favorite Photographers(5+ fav/comment 3/invite 2)
enso-on (51 months ago | reply)
Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe !@#$%&* Censorship, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
writtersrightword (45 months ago | reply)
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...
pirathecaire (44 months ago | reply)
I just wanted to let you know that I used this picture for my blog, pirathecaire.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!
electropod (40 months ago | reply)
lol!
hazelNuts001 (16 months ago | reply)
I also featured it on my blog.
I came across it by (happy) accident when I was writing on the subject of book banning. Seriously thank you!