Yes, exactly. I hate that it continues in this day and age. Banning books seems like the most prudish, stupid way of stifling variety. I'm embarrassed for us and how society today will come across to historians of the future. :p

They don't really do that banning thing in the UK, to be honest. As Ang mentions below, the media loves to stir up debate about the filth in some books and I still remember the absolute hysteria when Lolita was filmed, but in general, we're not big on banning, no.