Yes, I understood that part of what you were saying included the fact that "banning books" only attracts some people to them more. But **why** were you saying that :)? You made a reference to the activities of a group in Colorado in your original post, and since the post had a bit of a "venting" tone (believe me, I know it well :) ), I figured that was part of what was going on. And you did go on a bit beyond that specifically about the efforts of the "religious" to ban books over here. Jim Rovira http://members.aol.com/antiutopia/main.htm On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:23:39 -0700 (PDT) Thor Cameron <my_colours@hotmail.com> writes: >Actually, Jim, I in my original post, my main point was that those who >seek >to ban literature from the masses have been valuable to me, because >today >and historically, they have an uncanny knack for picking the good >stuff to >ban & a good portion of the quality literature I've read has been from > >seeking out the books on the big "hit list" like the one I grew up >with in a >Southern Baptist church. > >I could go on for hours about the activities of various individuals or > >groups, but, in fact, I was praising diversity, in that, these people >and >groups whose views are so diametrically opposed to mine are >nonetheless >valuable to me by paying attention to their findings, but not their >conclusions. > >Respectfully, >Thor. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.