[john_strinlai]

the confusion is fake. books are the only time people get fussy about the word. (despite the same conversation occurring every month or two here)

dang bans someone from HN? no confusion. alcohol banned in public? no confusion. weapons banned from schools? no confusion.

books? oh my god, they aren't banned they just aren't allowed

[Aurornis]

> dang bans someone from HN? no confusion. alcohol banned in public? no confusion. weapons banned from schools? no confusion.

Notice how all of those bans include a specific context? From HN, in schools, in public.

No confusion.

Notice how the only context in the headline is “in Portugal” but the books are not banned in Portugal?

Confusion.

It’s really not hard.

[john_strinlai]

like every post on HN, if you want the context, you should read more than just the headline. its really not hard.

[account42]

If someone opened a banned speech museum and then it turns out most of the display is just spam comments from HN it would be pretty silly and rightly criticized.