I try not to rant too much.  But banning books is just one thing that makes me want to shoot EVERYONE.  I just stumbled upon a list of banned books, and on the explanation for the book Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (I’ve never read it myself, by the way.), there’s a quote from some dickhead saying that it is, “not a book. It is a cesspool, an open sewer, a pit of putrefaction, a slimy gathering of all that is rotten in the debris of human depravity.”

I get that some people disagree with books, and the things they’re saying in them.  But to be that completely disrespectful and rude about it?  How can they even do that.  Have your opinions, sure, but you don’t need to shove them down everyone else’s throats.

In my mind, books are a form of art.  Authors should be allowed to write whatever they want without having to worry about being challenged or having their books banned.  Freedom of speech people.  Really.

Book banning is one of my biggest pet peeves.  Some people should just not be allowed to have opinions if they’re going to use them for criticizing books they probably haven’t even read.