Sujet : Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
De : kehoea (at) *nospam* parhasard.net (Aidan Kehoe)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written alt.usage.englishDate : 18. Feb 2025, 18:31:35
Autres entêtes
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Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Feabhra, scríobh J. J. Lodder:
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> > On Wed, 12 Feb 2025, Judith Latham wrote:
> >
> > > Below are 25 of the most popular works of literature from the last
> > > century that have been banned from schools, libraries, and, in some
> > > cases, entire countries. [...]
> > > To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
> >
> > Boring!
>
> And thoroughly American-nasty.
> The idea that it is allright to kill any bird for any reason,
> because you happen to feel that way, or just for target practice
> put me off whatever else the book is trying to say.
> Excepting Mockingbirds doesn't make it any better,
There’s nothing specifically American about hunting. Though yes, this situation
is not hunting in the usual sense.
-- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’(C. Moore)