Re: banning CATCHER

Jim Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 17:01:14 -0400

Yes, I understood that part of what you were saying included the fact
that "banning books" only attracts some people to them more.  But **why**
were you saying that :)?  You made a reference to the activities of a
group in Colorado in your original post, and since the post had a bit of
a "venting" tone (believe me, I know it well :) ), I figured that was
part of what was going on.  And you did go on a bit beyond that
specifically about the efforts of the "religious" to ban books over here.

Jim Rovira
http://members.aol.com/antiutopia/main.htm

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:23:39 -0700 (PDT) Thor Cameron
<my_colours@hotmail.com> writes:
>Actually, Jim, I in my original post, my main point was that those who 
>seek 
>to ban literature from the masses have been valuable to me, because 
>today 
>and historically, they have an uncanny knack for picking the good 
>stuff to 
>ban & a good portion of the quality literature I've read has been from 
>
>seeking out the books on the big "hit list" like the one I grew up 
>with in a 
>Southern Baptist church.
>
>I could go on for hours about the activities of various individuals or 
>
>groups, but, in fact, I was praising diversity, in that, these people 
>and 
>groups whose views are so diametrically opposed to mine are 
>nonetheless 
>valuable to me by paying attention to their findings, but not their 
>conclusions.
>
>Respectfully,
>Thor.

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