OFF: Truth (oh no) and Shock Rock

[Carl E. Anderson]

On ons 3 dec 1997 19.20 -0500 "Guido Vacano"
<gvacano at BEAVER.MBB.WESLEYAN.EDU> wrote:
> Chip says--
>>         The irony of this statement appearing on a BOC discussion list
>>         is too much to bear (as I think about Albert wearing his
>>         Khomeni mask or the "SATANIC SYMBOL" our parents were warned
>>         about).
>>         The comments made on this list the last few days really shock
me
>>         in terms of their lack of perspective.  I mean, the same things
>>         were said about Bach, Mozart, Stravinski, Elvis, The Beatles,
>>         Led Zep, Sabbath, and Motley Crue.  And many more.
>
> Well put Chip! This extends to literature too, of course. How many times
> have we heard of book banning involving works like _Huckleberry Finn_ or
> the novels of Kurt Vonnegut? I for one am sick to death of people who
> "know what's best" for the rest of us. What mind-boggling arrogance! :-P

     Let's not forget the Swedes were going to ban _Pippi Long-stocking_
as unduly subversive!  Seldom has a more grievious crime against humanity
been contemplated!

jag klarar mej alltid,
Carl

--
Carl Edlund Anderson
Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic
St. John's College, University of Cambridge
mailto:cea20 at cus.cam.ac.uk
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~carl/