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Thread #114180   Message #2434438
Posted By: Bee
08-Sep-08 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Alaska gov. Palin and banned books
Subject: RE: BS: Alaska gov. Palin and banned books
Ron is right. I'm certainly curious about what books she may have wanted to ban, but that list is not gonna fly - besides: My Friend Flicka!?!

Any reference I've seen so far says she asked the librarian how one would go about banning them. If she's such a smart, cagey cookie, she likely never let anyone get hold of a written down list, as even the dumbest idjit would be aware that banning books is generally frowned on and attempts to do so have ended up in court on numerous occasions.

As far as I can tell, the woman is intelligent. Someone over at Pharyngula (an Obama supporter) went so far as to read her college thesis or papers, and said whatever else you can say, the papers were well written and the material intelligently presented and discussed.

It doesn't do to assume people are stupid just because you violently disagree with them.