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i heard on the radio the other day that an MP is calling for 'checkmate' (final book in the 'noughts and crosses' trilogy) to be banned, because the plot includes a young girl being groomed as a suicide bomber. i was really shocked by this, because the trilogy in question is designed to address issues of race, and, in fact, advocates tolerance. having read the book in question, i also certainly wouldn't have thought that it would encourage would-be child suicide bombers.

similarly, i know that there were calls to ban 'his dark materials' in america, because of its theological messages; and i think i'm right in saying that 'to kill a mockingbird' has been taken off american school syllabuses because it contains 'racist' material. now, maybe i'm being stupid, but isn't the point of tkam?

is there anyone else who finds the extension of such political correctness into the literary world mindless and irritating?