Banned Book Week

€uroMeinke · 09-28-2006, 05:04 PM

I'm sort of bummed that over time this list has evoled to be more and more childrens books and lost are the classics that tested the censorship waters early on where is James Joyce, Henry Miller, or D.H. Lawrence? Where's all the classic Olympia Press erotica? It's as if the list itself has been sanitized and censored. I think I'll go out and buy a Hustler Magazine to truely celebrate the spirit of the occasion.

Strangler Lewis · 09-28-2006, 05:30 PM

The works of the authors you mention were all at the heart of criminal prosecutions/importation restrictions, etc., which is truly the test of a banned book. The above list, as Alex mentions, seems to be about selectivity for school children, where we all more readily agree a line should be drawn but disagree about where.

Hustler, however, is a good reminder of our freedoms, particularly when one recalls Jerry Falwell's unsuccessful libel/emotional distress suit. You might want to enjoy a Campari as you celebrate.

€uroMeinke · 09-28-2006, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

You might want to enjoy a Campari as you celebrate.

Indeed, I think I shall

09-28-2006, 05:04 PM	#1
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I'm sort of bummed that over time this list has evoled to be more and more childrens books and lost are the classics that tested the censorship waters early on where is James Joyce, Henry Miller, or D.H. Lawrence? Where's all the classic Olympia Press erotica? It's as if the list itself has been sanitized and censored. I think I'll go out and buy a Hustler Magazine to truely celebrate the spirit of the occasion. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	The works of the authors you mention were all at the heart of criminal prosecutions/importation restrictions, etc., which is truly the test of a banned book. The above list, as Alex mentions, seems to be about selectivity for school children, where we all more readily agree a line should be drawn but disagree about where. Hustler, however, is a good reminder of our freedoms, particularly when one recalls Jerry Falwell's unsuccessful libel/emotional distress suit. You might want to enjoy a Campari as you celebrate. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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