Banning "The Most Dangerous Game"

I’ve never really understood why people would want to ban books. Sure, some graphic or violent books may instill fear in young children, but they have to first be old enough to understand them. Banning books goes into the controversial area of censorship. Sarah Timme is a Colorado mom who wishes to remove “The Most Dangerous Game” from her son’s reading list. She believes that the concepts in the story results in more violence in those that read it. However, banning books or stories such as “The Most Dangerous Game” does not solve the issue of violence. The solution to violence is for people to be educated about the consequences of their actions, not to be censored from those ideas.

In high school, I really don’t see the point of banning books at all. I feel like by then, most people would have matured enough to understand the controversial topics that are often banned. Besides, I’m sure the internet contains much more debatable content than the words in a book. Also, many of the banned books actually teach morals- the more repulsive the content, the more people are repelled by the concepts in the book (especially in books with more violent themes).