Banned Books

The subject of banned books is an extremely controversial subject and every time I think of it I immediately associate it with Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I am of the opinion that "a good library has something in it to offend everyone" and if people keep banning books because of religious or political bias, then we mind as well call in Beatty and the firemen to burn down our houses. People should be able to have access to all sorts of different information, even if it is not approved by a political wing, culture, or other groups. Our right, as stated in the first amendment of the Constitution, is to have freedoms of speech and press. Also, some of these books deal with realistic topics, such as drug use, homosexuality, racism, and sex. People will be exposed to this sort of content at some point in their lives and these things exist in the real world. This is reality, whatever people might tell us when we are younger. Do we ignore these topics? Are we to ban books about this? Admittedly, there is an age limit for appropriate content, and I think that should be up to parents to determine when their child is able to view/read about certain topics. They should be able to decide, but should they decide their child should not read a book, they should not freak out about it, sue the school for teaching their students "inappropriate things," and then rally people via Facebook to do the same, and subsequently ban the book.