slaughterhouse five is an excellent novel
it touches upon topics and explores points of view that are rarely looked at
it has been criticized and condemned and banned and whatever else they can do to a book
in north america, this novel went through a lot of hardship
the sexual profanity and the anti-americanism did not sit well with some americans
not only that, but slaughterhouse five could be seen as glorifying the enemy
all vonnegut does is write about germans with some compassion
he does not agree with nazism, he just understands that a soldier is a person no matter which army they belong to

i believe that the compassion he shows would be received warmly in germany
the fact that he is also of german descent would also make german readers feel more connected
im sure they would appreciate not being looked at as evil twisted humans
on the flip side of that would be the books british or french acceptance
like the americans, they might feel that the book glorifies the war and the enemy
no matter what though, i think any european country would learn a lot from reading slaughterhouse five
i myself had never heard of this dresden bombing and i was shocked to find out how horrible it was
im sure that european readers would also be shocked if they did not know anything about this before
every country in europe was affected by wwii so i think that readers would be interested in what slaughterhouse five has to say
its important to remember that europe is a westernized continent
north america and europe have similar cultures (in some respects)
i doubt slaughterhouse five would create more controversy in europe than it did in north america

in  other parts of the world however, slaughterhouse five might be banned even more
before i continue i just want to clarify that i dont mean to offend anybody
im making these conclusions based on my knowledge
my knowledge about anything is very limited, as there is just so much to know and i cant know it all
so if my ignorance offends you, im very sorry
you can fight me if it makes you feel better
okay, back to what i was saying
i cannot see slaughterhouse five being sold at all in middle eastern countries
something about a book with an entire page dedicated to a sketch of breasts doesnt seem to fit with that culture
i feel that middle eastern cultures tend to be more conservative, and therefore they would not like this book
again, because it touches upon ideas that arent conventional, i dont think the society would embrace it

in africa, i really dont think there would be any interest in this book at all
im fairly certain that most people in africa have more pressing matters than to think about wars from 70 years ago
similarly, i cant see the book having a huge reception in asia
im sure that it would still be censored more than it is in north america, but i dont think anyone would care

i realize this sounds like a pretty weak argument, but im serious
no one would care if slaughterhouse five was published in those places!
i think thats fair enough

oh and australia is westernized too, so pretend its part of europe

and of course, penguins cant fly or read
they can just be tickled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wTWWjYTe1I&feature=player_embedded

start at like 50 seconds in

- jakevin