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From: Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Banned Books
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:22:46 +0000
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On 19/02/2024 21:32, Pluted Pup wrote:
 > On Sun, 04 Feb 2024 23:38:59 -0800, Lynn McGuire wrote:
 >
 >> Pearls Before Swine: Banned Books
 >> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/04
 >>
 >> I am a devout Christian but I don't want to live in a theocracy. I also
 >> don't trust anyone to make up a list of banned books.
 >
 > In recent history over 50 Dilbert comics books
 > have been banned! Let's see Pearls Before Swine
 > complain about that!
 >
 > And Tom Tomorrow in his comic strip suggests
 > that Floridians will be forced to read Dilbert,
 > so that would be forcing people to read apparently
 > offensive books and anyone who's gone to school
 > knows what it's like to be forced to read
 > offensive books like The Color Purple.
I'm cautiously interpreting this as mostly
nonsense.

Regarding _The Color Purple_, I have not
read it or watched the film(s).  I prefer
not to.  I believe I know enough details
of the story to say that the characters'
misfortunes seem to be portrayed with
historical accuracy.  I regret the
misfortunes.  However, I do not wish
to experience them myself in these forms.
If it's a school assignment, I'll brace
myself.  But the controversial book of the
day was _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_,
was it not?