retrogrouch@comcast.net wrote:

On 4 Jun 2005 07:35:03 -0700, "Gary Childress" <grchildrss@aol.com>
wrote:

Robert Cohen wrote:

The unvarnished HUMAN EVENTS, the philosophical/ideological opposite of
a left publication, lists its conservative judges' selections, and thus
political-economic philosophies & argumentations are more or less fun
than should be allowed.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7591

A great post BTW Robert!

You getting your brown shirt out and getting ready for the bon fires?

Fucking fear mongering fascists.

Why would I be doing that? The only book on the list I would possibly
burn is Hitler's and that would only be because I'd be half bored to
death by all the worthless drivel, although I'm not particularly fond
of Marx either. Still I believe Marx has some good points and wouldn't
advocate burning his books. I wouldn't advocate overthrowing the world
in a "glorious revolution" which would cost millions of lives either.
As I tried to indicate (perhaps unsuccessfuly) in my previous post I
don't believe books could be more harmful than guns.

I believe what people do with books is more an indication of their own
inner constitution or else with prevailing material conditions (to cite
from Marx's ideas themselves) than with a book telling them to do
something or *making* them do it. An author should have the freedom to
write and *try* to publish whatever he or she likes even if it is the
most horrid worthless drivel ever committed to paper. I just thought
the post was a good one. Some of the authors such as John Dewey, John
Stuart Mill, Charles Darwin and Michel Foucualt I admire so I was
fascinated by the fact that they could show up on a list of "dangerous
books". It made me think about my own values and commitments and
wonder if I might be wrong about some things and gives me a better idea
of who I am and where I stand in relation to others.


Gary

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"My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular."

Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

Some of the authors such as John Dewey, John
Stuart Mill, Charles Darwin and Michel Foucualt I admire so I was
fascinated by the fact that they could show up on a list of "dangerous
books". It made me think about my own values and commitments and
wonder if I might be wrong about some things and gives me a better idea
of who I am and where I stand in relation to others.