[LINK] quote about lists of censored materials

Jan Whitaker jwhit at janwhitaker.com
Sun Dec 14 10:18:39 AEDT 2008


I guess things never change:

"The government of Hapsburg Vienna in 1765 published a catalogue of 
forbidden books. Twelve years later this catalogue had to be included 
in itself because people were using it as a guide to interesting reading."

Jan
[got it from an email, no idea of the source]


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or 
sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.
~Madeline L'Engle, writer

Writing Lesson #54:
Learn to love revision. Think of it as polishing the silver for 
guests. - JW, May, 2007
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