Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:20:53 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
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Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

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.

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I don't feel bad about the dodo, which apparently tasted fishy and
greasy,
but the passenger pigeon was absolutely delicious we are told.  And I
will
never have the opportunity to eat mammoth, sadly.
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Howard Waldrop's _The Ugly Chickens_ is one of the best SF stories ever
written but is not historically accurate regarding the flavour of dodo.
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IOW, this is /not/ "particular about Americans". At least, not when
historical events are listed.

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God may have given us dominion over the earth and the seas but that does
not seem to me to be a license to just wreck it all.

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Not even staunch Calvinists feel that way.
All god-given power implies moral responsibilities.

So people-given power (democracy) implies no moral responsibilities?
Hmm, that explains a lot.

To ignore those is vanity, and that is a sin before the lord,

Thus is atheism convenient.
Woof-woof
What fools these apes be!
Bertietaylor

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Jan