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In honor of Banned Books Week, the last week in September, I have created a couple of different quote pieces by different authors who have had their literary works placed on ban list from schools, colleges, universities, and public libraries.

To start off with, here is perhaps the best known modern example of how far freedom of expression denouncers will go in attempting to silence dissension against a belief or idea! Salman Rushdie is best known (in the west) for his forth novel The Satanic Verses ! You can click on that link to read more about it!

In short, the novel resulted in multiple assassination attempts on Rushdie's life over the course of several decades, mainly through Iranian religious backing. They, namely the supreme leader or Iran, issued an order for Rushdie to be killed because of the novel. That order is still in place today, more than 20 years later...

This quote fully symbolizes what freedom of expression truly is! With out the ability to offend, freedom of expression doesn't truly exist!

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Description
In honor of Banned Books Week, the last week in September, I have created a couple of different quote pieces by different authors who have had their literary works placed on ban list from schools, colleges, universities, and public libraries.

To start off with, here is perhaps the best known modern example of how far freedom of expression denouncers will go in attempting to silence dissension against a belief or idea! Salman Rushdie is best known (in the west) for his forth novel The Satanic Verses ! You can click on that link to read more about it!

In short, the novel resulted in multiple assassination attempts on Rushdie's life over the course of several decades, mainly through Iranian religious backing. They, namely the supreme leader or Iran, issued an order for Rushdie to be killed because of the novel. That order is still in place today, more than 20 years later...

This quote fully symbolizes what freedom of expression truly is! With out the ability to offend, freedom of expression doesn't truly exist!

Creative Commons CC0 Licenses