tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post8942931125499873582..comments2023-12-23T19:32:16.381-07:00Comments on The Goat's Lunch Pail: Still Burning Over Book BanningLeah J. Utashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-43280904788305807782009-08-20T07:40:20.743-06:002009-08-20T07:40:20.743-06:00Nancy, thank you so much.Nancy, thank you so much.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-68155462104535303612009-08-19T23:52:19.033-06:002009-08-19T23:52:19.033-06:00I'll keep an eye out for The Parasite for you!...I'll keep an eye out for The Parasite for you!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-91091617354473198802009-08-19T13:05:49.685-06:002009-08-19T13:05:49.685-06:00The link worked. The parent should be ashamed. Sai...The link worked. The parent should be ashamed. Said parent will never understand why, though.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-54246106520989661082009-08-19T12:19:16.330-06:002009-08-19T12:19:16.330-06:00Ooops sorry. I guess some of the URL didn't ma...Ooops sorry. I guess some of the URL didn't make it into the link. I'll try just pasting it here and you can c/p it. Hopefully this will work.<br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/article/679811Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-57995798929601003822009-08-19T11:56:50.983-06:002009-08-19T11:56:50.983-06:00Yes. Yes. Yes. Hilary, it's the way.
Meanwhile...Yes. Yes. Yes. Hilary, it's the way.<br />Meanwhile, the linky didn't work. What should I have found?Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-33080962351119393702009-08-19T11:51:07.102-06:002009-08-19T11:51:07.102-06:00Ack.. I agree. There should be education surroundi...Ack.. I agree. There should be education surrounding books with "questionable" content. It's a shame to lose out on <a href="http://%22www.thestar.com/article/679811%22" rel="nofollow">fine literature</a> with even finer messages.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-47234920466653460672009-08-19T07:14:23.008-06:002009-08-19T07:14:23.008-06:00Barbara, that book sounds fascinating. I recall so...Barbara, that book sounds fascinating. I recall something about those censorship boards for movies, but I didn't realize they had their cold, dry fingers on books, too.<br />Everything we're exposed to has some impact on us and it all serves to make us well-rounded people. I suspect it did have an effect on your writing. A good effect. Do you recall the title?Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-38579623664170043842009-08-19T06:57:13.198-06:002009-08-19T06:57:13.198-06:00During childhood I had all kinds of books to read ...During childhood I had all kinds of books to read that my brothers had been provided by well meaning great-aunts from England. In my teen years I learned that Alberta had a committee screen books, magazines, films before allowing the public to see them. Violence and sex were sliced out of films that were rated 'restricted'.<br /><br />In junior high school I came across a book found at the corner drug store, a new mystery book with science fiction elements. It was a very different sort of book than I had read before. It started out harmlessly for the first four chapters of a couple moving into a house in a different location of the country, the wife for some reason going down into the basement where she discovered tunnels burrowed into the earth. Later, after learning about the burrowing creatures (like anteaters) who are telepathic, she becomes intimate with one of them. <br /><br />I don't remember how the story ended, but I had given another copy to a school chum with the usual 'don't show your parents or you'll never see it again' warning. I knew enough at 14 that this was one of those 'books' that had been overlooked by the government censor committee. Well, a couple of days later my 'copy' mysteriously disappeared from my bedroom. The corner store where I purchased it no longer had the several other copies available. When I asked the store clerk if there were more copies he said they were all gone, and seemed agitated.<br /><br />I suspected my mother, a teacher, had removed the book, but knew better than to confront her about it. Despite the questionable content, my earlier introduction to wierd information came from watching 'Twilight Zone' and the 'Outer Limits' on TV. The book genre fit in well with its extras.<br /><br />It may have had an affect upon my writing: in some of my fantasy material there are human-animal hybrids.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-55123480172663798202009-08-19T06:45:34.404-06:002009-08-19T06:45:34.404-06:00Good for them, Carla. And good for you. I am again...Good for them, Carla. And good for you. I am against censorship. Once it's started where does it end?Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-35314259176192698972009-08-19T04:09:10.354-06:002009-08-19T04:09:10.354-06:00I was raised by some amazing strong liberal ACLU b...I was raised by some amazing strong liberal ACLU believing parents (shocking I KNOW :)) & recall them ranting, errr, talking a lot about censorship etc when I was growing up.<br /><br />Then I rolled my teen aged eyes in annoyance.<br /><br />now I admire their stance and follow suit.carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189971808958997845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-2697090143729938442009-08-18T19:43:52.582-06:002009-08-18T19:43:52.582-06:00Thanks, df Bag Lady.Thanks, df Bag Lady.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-90161393960090247052009-08-18T19:31:33.812-06:002009-08-18T19:31:33.812-06:00Oh, I agree with you - you should be allowed to re...Oh, I agree with you - you should be allowed to read whatever you want. (The Rancher, on the other hand, should only read what I allow him to read! tee hee)the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.com