OFF: Truth (oh no) and Shock Rock

[Carl E. Anderson]

On tor 4 dec 1997 20.47 +0100 "Daniel Wikdahl" <mpj95wid at MC.HIK.SE> wrote:

> Carl writes:
>> Let's not forget the Swedes were going to ban _Pippi Long-stocking_
>>as unduly subversive!
>
> Did we really try to do that?
> I'm not sure about it... I've never heard it before...
> But I know PL met some heavy opposition in the US.
> You know, according to Swedish law - it's impossible to ban a book.
> And AFAIK that's not a new law.
> But I'll check this out.

     So I was told in Sweden last spring.  Urban legend?

--
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/