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		<title>Poll Wednesday: On the Banning of Books</title>
		<link>http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/09/03/poll-wednesday-on-the-banning-of-books/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between our post about Solzhinitsyn and the fact that he never thought he would actually get published due to the nature of his writing, having read Reading Lolita in Tehran (a book about a teacher in Iran who brought her most driven students to read banned Western classic each week) and a recent Time article [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Between our <a href="http://www.betterworldblog.com/PermaLink,guid,9414bdf7-71ba-4d13-8180-d49056027ec4.aspx">post about Solzhinitsyn</a> and the fact that he never thought he would actually get published due to the nature of his writing, having read <a href="http://www.betterworld.com/Reading-Lolita-in-Tehran-id-081297106X.aspx">Reading Lolita in Tehran</a> (a book about a teacher in Iran who brought her most driven students to read banned Western classic each week) and a recent Time article saying that one of the VP candidates wanted to ban some books based on religious leanings the topic seems highly germane, simply: Is it ever ok to ban books?</p>
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