I know I’m running late with this, but it’s Banned Books Week, the annual commemoration of free speech and free press. As always, some people feel they have the authority to determine what the rest of us can see and read. They start with the schools and libraries under the familiar guise of protecting the children, but the ultimate goal is to restrict literature and education.
All writers and bloggers should always stand up to any kind of censorship. Remember, no one – absolutely no one – has the right to select what you can and cannot read!
Chief Writing Wolf 
I agree that books can unite us and educate us and that is what the opponents fear.
Yes, it is! Education can be dangerous in that people might actually learn the truth about some things and upend the standards others established.
I guess that is why they censor and burn books – to maintain the darkness.