Banned books week

OK, here's something I never knew about - banned books (in the US). The American Library Association is trying to get the word out about books that have been banned or challenged (recommended to be banned). All so that you are aware why books have been deemed 'offensive' and so that maybe you can do something about it.

What I find interesting is that a lot of the banned books are offensive due to their offensive language, homosexual and/or sexual content. Yet nobody's going out of their way to ban "The 'L' Word" on TV. Or "Queer as Folk." Or "Soprano's." I'm guessing because banning books is easy to do behind peoples' backs.

Thanks to BoingBoing.