[lbo-talk] The curse of literacy

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Sat Jul 17 10:11:06 PDT 2004


On Jul 17, 2004, at 11:21 AM, Bill Bartlett wrote:


> Books advocating racism should indeed be banned (and their authors
> imprisoned.)

You guys in Oz are welcome to do whatever you like, but the First Amendment in the U.S. is something I'm rather fond of, and would hate to see trashed.

The Second, however, is another matter...

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ "In an ideal world, people would be preoccupied with reading and writing poetry and having love affairs, as people were in the Japanese court in the 11th century, as described in 'The Tale of Genji.' If people were involved in that type of life, maybe there would be no war." -- Wallace Shawn



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