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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 09:13:04 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <03gqqj562r4vi0kpi2vl8flsi59jsbot56@4ax.com> <100r948$bvlu$1@dont-email.me> <100u0ld$15sv8$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 18:13:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8b38e5a873e79c9f6e1f89844f907459"; logging-data="1536868"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/lsFFQBOW3p9ZApmtlQVZxCu9E4/+sLl8=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:sJ/1RVdgFj+gwoVBbOKhlb+UFP4= Bytes: 2110 On Sun, 25 May 2025 02:52:29 -0000 (UTC), Mike Van Pelt wrote: >In article <100r948$bvlu$1@dont-email.me>, >Robert Carnegie wrote: >>So some of the "top 100" seem to be (1) not >>actually banned, or (2) not the most popular. > >I still want to see a "Banned Book" list that is *books* >*that* *are* *actually* *banned*, as in not permitted to >be printed or sold. > >This "A grammar school librarian determines that this book >inappropriate for a grammar school library", or even >"One parent complained about this book, and their complaint >was reviewed and filed appropriately" is a pretty weak sauce >definition of "banned". Yes, these people are behaving like ... well, like most Republicans. Although they clearly are not Republicans. Which greatly confuses the issue of proper vs improper behavior. --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"