Book Banning

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 8262

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> Hi --
> > 
> > We may also disagree with their rationale for opposing HP, but
> > certainly
> > there are a number of groups across the political spectrum who 
have
> > attempted (with varying degrees of success) the very same thing 
with
> > literary works which they dislike (just think of Huckleberry 
Finn).
> 
> Is banning Huck Finn any less dangerous to our society than banning 
HP?

The example of Huck Finn should demonstrate that all efforts to ban 
in the USA a work of unquestioned literary merit are certain to run 
aground. 

    - CMC