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artsound2@diasp.eu

Reading material

Seduction of the Innocent cited overt or covert depictions of violence, sex, drug use, and other adult fare within "crime comics" – a term Wertham used to describe not only the popular gangster/murder-oriented titles of the time, but superhero and horror comics as well. The book asserted that reading this material encouraged similar behavior in children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_Innocent

Full Book: https://archive.org/details/fredricwerthamseductionoftheinnocent19542ndprinting
#book #1953 book #SeductionoftheInnocent, Dr. Frederic #Wertham

girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net

#book #dictionary #photography #lexicographer
Émile Littré,
Paul-Émile Littré (born Feb. 1, 1801, Paris—died June 2, 1881, Paris) was a French language scholar, lexicographer, and philosopher whose monumental Dictionnaire de la langue française, 4 vol. (1863–73; “Dictionary of the French Language”), is one of the outstanding lexicographic accomplishments of all time.

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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This #book details out the #esoteric #history of #biological #warfare in a way that no other book has done, based on only #official #records, #documents, #science and #medical journals, former intelligence officers, and more. The history of this #war goes much deeper than any other book on the subject has presented, based on understandings and studies of science that have been purposefully buried and obscured. The author collected and studied the work of one of history's most exceptional yet infamous pioneers in virology and immunology, a German scientist by the name of Dr. Erich Traub, for several years, in the process of writing this book, a process which perhaps no one else has managed to undertake, until now.

McDuff Lives! - The Sleeper Agent - Part 1
https://podbay.fm/p/mcduff-lives/e/1709683200

SHOW NOTES
John OLoughlin says, "This is the most important book I’ve read in a long time." So with the author's permission, John reads the entire book — adding analysis and commentary — in a series of McDuffLives audio podcasts, adapted from his live show on Rumble and other platforms. "The Sleeper Agent — The Rise of Lyme Disease
,https://www.thesleeperagent.com/product-page/the-sleeper-agent , Chronic Illness, and the Great Immitator Antigens " by A.W. Finnegan provides an unprecedented account of the hidden history of biological warfare and exposes truths many hoped would never be revealed.

gander22h@diasp.org

These books were challenged at Ottawa's libraries last year

The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) denied all formal requests to remove materials from its collection last year.

According to a report to the library's board, there were seven "requests for reconsideration" during 2023. Six sought to pull #books or DVDs from library shelves, while one asked to reclassify a graphic novel from the teen to the adult collection.

Complaints covered everything from alleged racism or promotion of hatred to reports of inaccurate information or objectionable content.
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Coun. Matt Luloff, who chairs the OPL board, said the library takes "a very strong stance on intellectual freedom." In his view, its policy is among the most permissive on the continent.

"We set a very high bar," he said. "Just because one person may find something offensive to their personal views doesn't mean the library should not be carrying it."
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Melanie Mills, past president of the Ontario Library Association and an academic librarian at Western University, has also watched censorship demands become more prominent in recent years than at any time in her career.

"What happens in the United States for sure influences what we're experiencing in Canada as well," she said.

Mills said people sometimes come to libraries with lists of hundreds of books they want to see removed.

In her view, unrestricted access to information from all points of view is "fundamental" and "core to our work" as librarians. She said education and discussion, not censorship, is the best way to handle objectionable material.

That also goes for works with outdated depictions that appear discriminatory by present standards.

"We retain materials from their time to understand context, to understand what was happening in a specific time and date," she said. "Because society's views have evolved ... that in and of itself wouldn't warrant removing something."

Hey good for #Ottawa! Our policy here is if you don't like a #book then don't sign it out!

aliceamour@sysad.org

And even though your church is grieved
And papal excommunication will embrace and destroy us,
The analysis is as fierce as a pointed spear
And the truth as cruel as a naked sword.
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Cults, religions, bibles, dogmas, hauntings,
They are like the vain ash that buried Pompeii.
Let's exhume faith from this pile of rubble,
Let us unclutter God from that flood of sand.

This is a little #excerpt of a #translation I was asked to do of a long #satiric #poem (a #book) originally written in #1885... And for now this is all I'm allowed to say.