The Republic High School in Missouri recently banned Kurt Vonnegut's masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five. In response, the Vonnegut Memorial Library is offering the students a free copy of the novel so they can read it on their own and draw their own conclusions. According to the library's representative:
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We have up to 150 books to share, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor... We’re not telling you to like the book… we just want you to read it and decide for yourself.
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Perhaps it was banned because kids kept ripping out the page with the giant drawing of the exterior of a set of female mammary glands on it.
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Totally awesome.
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Hell Yeah! They should do this with every "banned" book.
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Far and away the best way to combat small-mindedness (or no-mindedness).
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