May 8, 2023·edited May 8, 2023Liked by Kathleen McCook
Great books are great, no doubt. And yet it may be sorely underscored the change the author undergoes, and the vibrations they emit for having gained the peak is at very least equally as profound.
To burn books we must already be burning inside.....this error of the way is the signature of our time, try as we might to escape it. One cannot legislate good behavior.
Book banning reminds me of something some philosopher historian I read at some point said. Something like..."Totalitarianism is more a spirit than a movement." The point the writer was making was that no one kind of system or government or religion has a monopoly on it. From the Inquisition to the USSR to the Harper Valley PTA to some "woke" campus somewhere, (powerful) people just can't shake the belief that some information is just THREATENING. It's a perennial superstition.
'dangerous' books too powerful to read
Great books are great, no doubt. And yet it may be sorely underscored the change the author undergoes, and the vibrations they emit for having gained the peak is at very least equally as profound.
To burn books we must already be burning inside.....this error of the way is the signature of our time, try as we might to escape it. One cannot legislate good behavior.
Book burning/banning will dumb down society. If you can ban MAUS, ban the Bible in public libraries.
Book banning reminds me of something some philosopher historian I read at some point said. Something like..."Totalitarianism is more a spirit than a movement." The point the writer was making was that no one kind of system or government or religion has a monopoly on it. From the Inquisition to the USSR to the Harper Valley PTA to some "woke" campus somewhere, (powerful) people just can't shake the belief that some information is just THREATENING. It's a perennial superstition.