Re: banning CATCHER
Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:38:46 -0700 (PDT)
Thank God for smart teachers. It's the same sort of reasoning that they
used to make Bokononism popular: by making it illegal. (A Vonnegut "Cat's
Cradle" reference for those not in the know).
Thor
> > The old saying "It takes all kinds" is so true: these bizarros work as a
> > near-perfect inverse barometer.
> > Thank you, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, et al., you freaks have shown
>me
> > the light, or at least where I should be looking for it.
> >
> > Thor
>
>Have to agree with Thor on this one. In High School I considered the
>banned book list my summer reading list. In my high school we also had a
>pretty crafty English teacher who had the list posted on the wall. She
>kept the books in strong box in her closet. (she used to like to show the
>covers to the class) Every year she'd recruit a few seniors to spread the
>rumor that the combonation was 12-34-02 for the lock. Inevitably people
>stole books from the box. I stole _1984_. (isn't it funny our school
>banned this book) She later told me she has tons of copies of these books
>in her garage at home that she gets from flea markets and the like. She
>hopes they get stolen. Thank you Mrs. Hornick, for understanding simple
>teen psychology.
>
>-j
>
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