1st October
2010
This is a book of defamation, of depravity, written by an atheistic, degenerate mind and yet it is honored with a place in Public Libraries. —San Diego Patriotic Society, January 1963.
The issue of “banned books” has been with society for centuries. Here’s a story of how the San Diego Public Library coped with censorship in 1963. Read: The Last Temptation.
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“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” –Samuel Johnson, 1775. This famous quote from Johnson seems appropriate for the above topic (as well as for modern-day right-wing pundits!).