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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:19:31 +0000
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:31:35 +0000
Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:

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

Hunting is deeply imbedded in US culture. Hence the NRA.



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