... protect themselves and others from the "evils" of many classic books and works of art because they can be deemed "indecent" in one way or another. The censorship of books is a division of censorship that, apart from Internet censorship, receives the most publicity; it is also the most popular form of such censorship. Many banned books are literary classics, such as The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, which was ... listed as the number 6 most challenged or banned book in a list compiled by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) in 1997. (The Controversy Around Banning Books) Thi...

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