Writer's Block: Book review

[rebness]

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Infuriating question.

There are a lot of books I dislike and would prefer never to have existed, but it's entirely up to people if they want to be daft enough to read something bad. Who are we to censor other people? There are a lot of hateful texts out there, but if you read Mein Kampf and decide that you now hate Jews, the problem lies with you yourself.

Comments

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. I hate that it continues in this day and age. Banning books seems like the most prudish, stupid way of stifling variety. I'm embarrassed for us and how society today will come across to historians of the future. :p

They don't really do that banning thing in the UK, to be honest. As Ang mentions below, the media loves to stir up debate about the filth in some books and I still remember the absolute hysteria when Lolita was filmed, but in general, we're not big on banning, no.

[annemariewrites.livejournal.com]

You have to give us that we were built upon the puritan way of life. It's not our fault. *snickers* The future will look at us as we look at the Victorians. Imagine that!

I've been thinking we need to catch up sometime. It's been ages and even though we're very Aquarian and cool and above all that silly stuff ... well, sometimes, I just need some of your rad doodles. :D