Sales of "Tintin in the Congo" have shot up by 3,800 percent after the CRE watchdog claimed it contained......

I have the complete set of the Tintin books, and they are enjoyable for all ages. But what seem to be overlooked is that they were written a long time ago when personal values were different that today's. By denying a reader access to such material are we not denying our literary past.

I've never read any of the Tintin books but remember the cartoon version on tv. I never found any of it offensive. To continue, I did read the Little Black Sambo books and thoroughly enjoyed them, they were an absolute joy to read and I'm glad to say that they come up on Google still, even if they aren't available in libraries and schools. I think CRE are being totally pathetic and have overstepped the mark on this occasion.

No, we should be allowed to read the books and decide for ourselves. I have read many of the books that are banned or have been renamed. I am not a racist and neither did me reading these books make me ever think in a racial discriminating way.

Books that were published well before the ere of PC should be allowed for people to know what is not acceptable nowadays. However some books that are banned or have been renamed is ridiculous in my opinion. Enid Blyton was a litterateur genius and her simple stories have been under scrutiny for many a years. The world is barking.

If we start going around and banning every single story told that was ever offensive then we might as well start from the beginning.

Hansel and Gretel - 2 children lured away into a strangers house where they are threatened with being burned alive in a stove.

Humpty Dumpty - Had an accident where he was so badly injured he couldnt be saved.

Ring a Ring a Rosie - Everyone sneezes because they have the plague. Everyone falls down and dies.

Seems to me like Tintin is pretty easy going compared to the hardcore stuff we are exposed to as children.

Nanny State strikes again ,it was bad enough when they tried banning Enid Blyton books ,and when they took them out of schools it was just idiotic.

It`s funny that a book written so long ago in Belgium at a time when such attitudes portrayed in the book were prevalent across Europe should now be relegated to "top-shelf life" and warning stickers.

That reminds me - The Dam Busters was on TV today - I forgot to check whether the "bleeped" out the name of Guy Gibson`s dog LOL

My face comes and is going. i did no longer comprehend how linked i replaced into to me. I incredibly have positioned out flyers on telephone poles and on the fast Mart offering a reward for counsel optimum to my face.

These idiotic Jobsworths who practice and blunder on about political correctness are destroying our children's heritage.Yes and where are all the Billy Bunter books? I loved to read those in my early years.

Of course it would shoot up in sales....everyone wants a bite of the forbidden fruit. Any fruit that's forbidden is a fruit we want a taste of.

call the book burners.

Book Burners, Nazi Germany springs to mind doesn't it, Welcome to PC Britain.