The Book of Bunny Suicides should be banned from public schools.

I thank my opponetns response, and will now state mine. My first argument against Con 1: A. Most of them are. First, let me comment on the Site that my opponent has brought up. The ALA site that my opponent has brought up, is specifically regarding public libraries, and not public school libaries. We all agree that both libraries, though public, are different in both the content and nature of what should be allowed. I agree that general public libraries should not ban any sort of book. But we are not talking about a simple public library, we are talking about a public school library. B. I never said these topics are bad. There are genuinely good books that contain abusive, abstructive, obscene material, yet are still great books. However, as stated in my previous argument, according to the representative who voted against his better judgement, stated that the argument that won him over was the fact that this was a violation of free speech and thus censorship. I have already provided arguments as to why this is not censorship, or why censorship is not wrong either. C. Again, this does not mean that every controversial topic should be included in public school libraries. As said before, anything from the Learned Elders of Zion to the Kama Sutra, can be controversial. D. In the Virginia Health Smart program, there is a specific lesson plan from grade 7-12 that is aimed at educating children about suicide.(1) And this is the problem. Children are not in any sense, knowledgeable about sex, before their first Sex ed class. They know a few things, but their knowledge is limited to "Insert penis into vagina". And some dont even know that. We have curriculums designed to teach children from grades 7-12 about Suicide, so clearly they dont know as much as you thought they did. Furthermore, your argument of censorship and the rights of parents, does nothing in regards to the fact that no one is proposing a ban on every public library to remove this book. Parents are still free to rent this book from their nearest public library. E. Apparently, pornographic literature, has been in our public schools for a while.(2) Care to comment? My opponents 2/3: A. Apparently there are books which contain explicit sexual material to which the school board is currently discussing on. In your previous statement in the comments section, you have claimed that no pornographic or explicitly sexual material should, or would be allowed in schools. I question as to how credible your teachers license is. B. I have never claimed to have said that creativity and discussions are not a cornerstone of a good book, or a qualifications of a book that is accepted into a high school public library. My opponent has completely missed the point. The point being, ANY book can be creative, and encourage discussion. I am hard pressed to find any book which is longer than a hundred pages, or even some of the really short ones, that do not. This is the EXACT reason why i have omitted these two criterion from this debate, since the creativity or discussion is not what is at issue here. No parent is complaining to the school board that the book isnt creative or doesnt encourage enough discussion, and therefore should be banned. None. C. I shall leave this blank as i have already addressed it with my second source(2). My opponetns 4: A. Yes, again with the porn. Cross-apply my other arguments, please, cuz im tired of retyping them. B. Thats splendid, because my opponent has done nothing but advocate what i have written in my original counter-argument. My opponent has continuously stated that this book for no other good reason, should be kept in schools because of its ability to teach kids about the controversy over Suicide. Again, how is this different than flooding the schools with Erotic literature, in order to teach them about sex? C. I suppose that this sort of ties in with the original argument my opponent makes in his first point, where he claims that this book, "can help individual readers cope with and even come to positively express their own struggles with the topic of suicide."(Direct quotation from my opponent). However, i shall address the point about teaching children to read as well. This is exactly why books such as Harry Potter exist. Infact, if anything, we already have, and we currently have even better books that have turned thousands, if not millions of children into fans of reading. Please explain to me why we require this book when we already have a hundred or so different books that have done better and continually keep doing better. My responses to Cons counter of my case. Cons Contention 1: 1st response: You still havent addressed my question. I would like my opponent to explain why the censorship of Bunnies suicides book is not necessarily the case, when we censor other things that are controversial and potentially harmful to children. Perhaps you wrote this because you didnt get to my third response, but regardless, the point about censorship was that McConnel found this to be the most convincing argument which changed his mind. I have addressed both why there is nothing wrong with censorship, AND the reason why this is NOT censorship. 2nd response: A. Okay, i shall try to type She instead of He. Although i dont really know why this is especially important to this debate. B. Although pornography to minors is a mixed subject, as we currently do have many books that contain pornography, if you are in agreeance that Pornography should be ommited from schools, then i have one simple question: Are you against cartoon people on the verge of having sex in a high school library? As for McConnel, again, i have already addressed both the reasons regarding Censorship. I am still awaiting your response as to why this is cenorship, when a parent still retains the right to go to the nearest public library and pick up this book. C. My opponent has completely ignored the reason why dark Comedy is still deemed to be suitable only to mature adults. The fact that this book makes a mockery of a specific subject, does nothing to remove the content of the subject at hand. It is like reading a book of poorly drawn, cartoon people trying to do the Kama Sutra poses but getting them all wrong, in unrealistic situations. The content is still deemed unsuitable precisely because it contains sex. Response 3: A. No law enforcement or penalties have been placed on said school.(2) So clearly you are wrong. B. So, Suicides are discussed in non graphic ways akin to a definition in a dictionary, in the Book of Bunny Suicides? Then i agree with you, we shouldnt ban this book at all. Response 4: Okay. Extra Responses: A. Okay. Still asking why this is relevant to the discussion, as i cannot see you and therefore cannot confirm you are a girl either way. B. It is only an Ad Hominem if my argument is solely made up of the single comment. It is a shame that i come back and address your argument point by point. Extra Response 1: A. Although i have no way of verifying your experience and training, so far youve shown yourself to be atleast ignorant of what is in a normal public school library. B. I have made countless arguments regarding the content of this book by reffering to other books with similar contents which are banned. We simply havent finished discussing whether those contents are similar or not. Extra Response 2: A. And again with my Sources as well. B. 1. Public and High school libraries are different, as my opponent has already agreed that Pornographic novels in a high school library should not be, yet clearly they should in a public library. I would like to ask my opponent whether she believes Suicide is a light matter that should be jokingly addressed. 2. I am guessing your school library does not contain erotic literature. Therefore, would you allow erotic literature in your school library for the adults in your region to check them out