Sunday, February 19, 2006
angry
here's something that makes me a little bit mad. on another blog that i frequent, they posted about some book burnings that some groups of christians have sponsored... burning books including (but not limited to) the Harry Potter books. this makes me so mad. images of nazi germany come to mind. and as a lover of all literature, the thought of burning any kind of book makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck! yes, let's just burn all of the books that we disagree with so that our kids grow up safe and sound and won't have to bother having their minds sharpened by reading any other kind of thought than the ones we want them to have. grrrrrrrrrr.
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I feel your anger. I was watching a show on PBS the other day about the Maya. We basically have NO records of the civilization, culture, beliefs, anything but the temple remains because a priest who had come to convert them to Christianity ordered that all pagan anything (scripts, statues,etc) be burned! How very frustrating.
Amber
Bleh...
If you're against some sort of teachings of certain books, don't read them. It's that simple. You don't have to burn them because you disagree with them.
But for stuff such as children's books?! I mean, come on, it's not teaching kids witchcraft, it's teaching them imagination. When I was little, that was a good thing. I guess that's not so anymore. Apparently magic and dreaming of being a princess and living in a castle and whatnot is discouraged. Like any of us believed we could cast spells or be waited on hand and foot? Good goodness, kids today aren't stupid. They know how to "pretend" and they also know what real life is.
And really, I may not agree with the Book of Mormon, but I'm not going to burn it. I think it's fascinating to see what's in there. Like Amber said, it's kind of sad that we lose history because of destruction caused by disagreement.
*Grumbles*
Coldplay!?...ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! That's Amazing!!!
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