Is it really that cut and dry? A technically competent person might easily access a book while living in an authoritarian country, while someone who grows up in an authoritarian family in a "free" country might be prevented from reading a book both at home and at the school where their parents lobbied to ban the book. (It's quite hard to access suppressed information if you lack the knowledge it exists in the first place.)
replyAuthoritarian family? Parents have the authority over their children until they are old enough to make their own decisions. It is up to them how they raise their kids.
replyThey will have all the time and opportunity in the world to read and try anything they want to when they're older.
The specific examples I provided included domestic abuse; most sexual abuse is done by a family member. I hope it's not contentious to say that parental control should not be as authoritarian as to allow that, let alone suppress the victim's knowledge of what it is.
replyNot any abuse, no. But who is trying to censor or ban information on how abuse victims can get help?
replySo you are suggesting that kids should just go to a different public school?
replyYou can get books from other places than your public school.
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