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[thestorygirl]

Dort wo man Buecher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.
Where one burns books, one ends by burning people.
--Heincrich Heine

The beginning of the end.

Do I dare to say that this is worse than burning books?  I think I do.  Because at least where books are burnt there is an inherent conflict--they are burnt to keep them away from people who

Comments

[marissa_leigh]

What???!! Oooh! That's horrible! Emily Dickinson? How on earth can any library willingly throw her out! And just twenty-four months? Two years? Ohh! I could . . . cuss! And Jane Eyre? To Kill A Mockingbird?? This makes me so . . . mad. I can't even begin to say how much. This calls for some sort of militant action on the parts of anybody literate! If my library system tried to pull something stupid like that, forget how shy and tactful I usually am, I'd give them a piece of my mind. Ooooh, I can't even form coherant sentences. Krystal just walked by and I started blithering irately at her . . . Grr.

[musicalclarity]

Expect to see more and more of such foolishness. So many people (especially in America) just don't care. It's a part of our culture. It's stupid. Were in a generation where we will see the arts and classics just fly out the window. It truly is terribly sad.

[smug_grrl]

i just read this stupid article to zane, who obviously didn't feel as passionately as I do, however....THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!! I mean, honestly...why oh why would we get rid of To Kill A Mockingbird to make space for The Client? I mean, which one do we study as literature in classes? Damn John Grisham and Tom Clancy-DAMN THEM!!!