Banning Books

I honestly feel like the whole topic of banning books is quite ridiculous. Especially those that are banned within school and library settings. I can understand the reason why some adult figures would want to ban some material that is being published, but in all reality, students and children these days are going to be exposed to the type of information that they are ultimately trying to protect them from, one way or another, whether it be through the web, the television, or other print. I was honestly appalled at some of the books on the banned list for 2012 because I had read or heard of most all of them! I also believe that a lot of the time, the reasons for books being banned are almost exaggerated and are made into a bigger deal then need be. For example, take the Twilight series. Yes the storyline is about fictional vampires and a young girl who falls madly in love with one of them, but all in all its an imaginative love story about two young teens and was a mega hit across the world! I think that people trying to ban books like these need to pull the stick out of their butt and lighten up a bit, not all literature out there is bad and needs to be banned, just my opinion.