Friday, September 26, 2003

JUNIOR JOCULARITY ON ITS WAY TO BEING BANNED?

A reader of Junior Jocularity who attends school at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania informed me that one of her friends was reading this week's column in one of her classes. While laughing-out-loud at something in the column (hopefully not my picture) her teacher confiscated the column.

With that said, keep in mind the book Ulysses by James Joyce was also once banned. The same book that was selected by the Modern Library as the best novel of the 20th century, and has received wide praise from other literature scholars, including those who have defended online censorship.

Hopefully more instances such as this one will happen, sparking controversy which will result in me winning a journalism prize.

Sadly, there's probably a better chance of a man getting arrested with snakes down his pants.

(Special thanks to Banned Books Online)

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