tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post2408215358182857498..comments2024-03-28T14:59:05.258-07:00Comments on GARY DOBBS AT THE TAINTED ARCHIVE: WRITING NEWSGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-76218316130613482402008-12-14T09:41:00.000-08:002008-12-14T09:41:00.000-08:00Glad to hear anytime books are selling. That canc...Glad to hear anytime books are selling. That cancellation of the poetry reading is troubling, though.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-75890198806889731592008-12-14T04:54:00.000-08:002008-12-14T04:54:00.000-08:00Chaps - it's out of hand. Years ago the British go...Chaps - it's out of hand. Years ago the British government stood by Salman Rushdi over his book but now they seem seem to bow down to any pressure.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-80869056970751631232008-12-14T01:32:00.000-08:002008-12-14T01:32:00.000-08:00An ugly head indeed, Gary. Why, why, I always ask....An ugly head indeed, Gary. Why, why, I always ask.<BR/><BR/>Why must these people impose their will on the rest of society? Wouldn't it be much easier for them not to attend the event . . . watch the movie . . . go to the show . . . read the book?<BR/><BR/>The second more frightening "why" is why must the person(s) with the power to do the censoring (whatever circumstance put them in the position) find it necessary to appease these minorities and extremists, often after only the flimsiest lobbying, or even no more than a possibility of it?<BR/><BR/>Freedom of expression is being eroded in every quarter, it would seem.Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.com