Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

Paul S Person wrote:

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:20:53 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (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.
To ignore those is vanity, and that is a sin before the lord,

 Refreshing as it is to hear that the viewpoint is fading away, it is
undeniable that people existed in the 50s and 60s and probably do
today who believe /precisely/ that "dominion" means we can do whatever
we want to with the planet.
 Indeed, I would not be surprised if "concern for the environment" is
considered to be a sign of that dreaded theological disease,
modernism, or even that abomination unto the Lord, liberalism, in some
more traditional quarters.

That would be James G. Watt, Reagan's first secretary of the interior and future felon.
"I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns, whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to leave the resources needed for future generations."
William Hyde