I don't like this trend of people being afraid to experience (negative) emotions when consuming art. Experiencing things outside of your own point of view makes life a lot more interesting, and is honestly necessary to understand the world and people around you.

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A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.

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If our system of justice can determine that shooting a one year-old is justified, then we do not have a system of justice, and our goal should be the eradication of the system we have and its replacement with something better.

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People willing to forgo anyone's right to exsist are not politicians on the side of the people. If one person's rights are forfeit, then all of our rights are forfeit. They don't ever stop at violating just one.

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Public schools in Utah banned a best-selling Jodi Picoult novel and ordered all copies destroyed. So ... Picoult arrived at a Salt Lake City high school this weekend with 600 copies of the book. And she gave them all away, for free. "Applause and cheers erupted." www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

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