School bans Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-5,
so Vonnegut Library gives copies to students for free
Most of us regard Kurt Vonnegut's classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five as a masterpiece of thought-provoking science fiction, but the School Board of Republic High School in Missouri felt differently. They decided to ban the novel.
And in response, the Vonnegut Memorial Library offered to provide a free copy to any of the 150 students who were originally supposed to read it.
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... the high school banned the book for creating "false conceptions of American history and government or that teach principles contrary to Biblical morality and truth."
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Ahhhhhhhahahhahahahahaha!
Damn. Were doomed.
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Books we wanted to ban
How about a thousand books for free?
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