Stephen King on
book-banning:
‘Please remember
that book-banning is censorship, and that censorship in a free society is
always a serious matter … A proposal to ban a book should always be given the
gravest consideration. Book-banners, after all, insist that the entire
community should see things their way, and only their way. When a book is
banned, a whole set of thoughts is locked behind the assertion that there is
only one valid set of values, one valid set of beliefs, one valid perception of
the world. It's a scary idea, especially in a society which has been built on
the ideas of free choice and free thought.’
