“Book Banning Threatens Free Speech.” Banned Books Week, edited by Scott Barbour, 1998. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010046209/OVIC?u=down32095&xid=ba857e1a. Accessed Sept. 2017.) The point of Banned Book Week is to promote intellectual freedom; censorship encourages ignorance. Some may argue, that it is the parent’s decision to decide what their child can read. Which is fine until you start making the decision for other parents too. We need to realize times have changed; everyone has their own opinion and has the freedom to express it. We have the first amendment for a reason, it allows us to have our own beliefs without being slandered. Not letting an author attend an assembly because of one parent’s opinion is deplorable. No individual, except your parents, should be able to decide what’s appropriate for you to