(“banned books week” is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the american library association and amnesty international, that celebrates the freedom to read, draws attention to banned and challenged books, and highlights persecuted individuals)
(held during the last week of september since 1982, the united states campaign “stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them” and the requirement to keep material publicly available so that people can develop their own conclusions and opinions)
(since my parents’ anniversary)
(the international campaign notes individuals “persecuted because of the writings that they produce, circulate or read”)
(so then don’t ban ‘holocaust denial’ books!)
(jewish atheist christopher hitchens defending david irving)