wildCARD

"you were once wild here, don't let them tame you." -isadora duncan

blazing books - vonnegut

"and we will know, too, that those words really don't damage children much. they didn't damage us when we were young. it was evil deeds and lying that hurt us.

if you and your board are now determined to show that you in face have wisdom and maturity when you exercise your powers over the education of your young, then you should acknowledge that it was a rotten lesson you taught young people in a free society when you denounced and then burned books - books you haven't even read. you should also resolve to expose your children to all sorts of opinions and information, in order that they will be better equipped to make decisions and to survive.

here is how i propose to end book banning in this country once and for all: every candidate for school committee should be hooked up to a lie-detector and asked this question: "have you read a book from start to finish since hs? or did you even read a book from start to finish in hs?" if the truthful answer is "no," then the candidate should be told politely that he cannot get on the school committee and blow off his big bazoo about how books make children crazy. whenever ideas are squashed in this country, literaty lovers of the American experiment write careful and intricate explanations of why all ideas must be allowed to live. it is time for them to realize that they are attempting to explain America at its bravest and most optimistic to orangutans." -vonnegut