Burn books to destroy a culture

Quote published on July 29, 2010 | 2 Responses

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

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  1. Philippe Fenderson
    Philippe Fenderson July 30, 2010 at 12:40 pm |

    So true.

    The sad thing is that due to the continuing economic turmoil, that’s kind of what’s happening. In my state, they’re closing libraries left and right. Same in California.
    http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/libraries-budget-crunch/19481582/

    But TV is free.
    FoxNews is all about closing the libraries, though: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/special_report/library-taxes-closed-20100628

    Eleanor Crumblehulme has a great quote along similar lines: “Cuts to libraries during a recession are like cuts to hospitals during a plague.”

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    1. Justin Tadlock
      Justin Tadlock July 30, 2010 at 5:51 pm |

      I was going to comment about the Fox News story, but it looks like Mary A. Dempsey had a well-written response.

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