[Magdalen] hissing at Haman
Lesley de Voil
lesleymdv at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 23:49:42 UTC 2015
I would need more than relish to keep my attention to finish that book. I really think (heh, heh) that 'stream of consciousness' only makes sense to the mind that creates it.
Regards
Lesley de Voil
-----Original Message-----
From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: 29/09/2015 9:45
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] hissing at Haman
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Roger Stokes
<roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> One big lesson these objectors ignore is that in drawing attention to that
> to which they object they actually increase awareness of it. I would not
> have read the Harru Potter books had it not been for objections to the first
> of them. The objectors looked at the words and the surface meaning rather
> than the underlying message the books conveyed. Essentially there efforts
> are counterproductive to their intention. The flip side of that is that
> those of us who are more open-minded may well get the message they wish to
> obscure.
A timely topic; I understand it's Banned Books Week, perhaps just here
in the USA. Shall I finally pick up and read Ulysses? With relish...
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
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