Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 2025-02-19 11:42, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:25:03 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:
 

Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:
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  Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Feabhra, scríobh J. J. Lodder:
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  > D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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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.

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Of course not, it goes back in our ancestors for millions of years.
And the chimps also do it.
What seems to be particular about the American way of hunting
is the mass-murder aspect it may have,
like in senselessly killing of herds of bison, or flocks of pigeons.
This is more like a few wolves killing off whole herds of sheep,
or school shooters killing all they can hit,
for no other reason than that they can.

 The USA (or predecessor colonies) took out the buffalo (well, nearly)
and the passenger pigeon (permanently), but the DoDo and others were
the responsibility of others.
 IOW, this is /not/ "particular about Americans". At least, not when
historical events are listed.

It isn't just the whites. Look at what our indigenous predecessors did.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_jump>
--
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices
with great satisfaction.
-Clarence Darrow