Banning Rights

Advocating for banning books is advocating against someone else’s rights, rights to read what he or she wants to read. Fran Bogos, retired teacher of remedial reading, speech, and debate spoke on “Banned Books: Facts, Opinion, and Legislation” at the local American Association of University Women’s (AAUW) May branch meeting. The program, described in the AAUW’s “Focus,” v. 53, No. 9, was presented in conjunction with the Murrysville Community Library, and it was very well attended. Ms. Bogos gave the attendees highlight stories. One was about her father, who when she was just a young girl, tried his best to control what she could read according to her age of the moment. But, a very important “but,” he did not invoke his views on the public. He did not seek to ban anything for ot…