Literature:
Many books have been targets and casualties of morality groups. I read The Satanic Verses by Salmon Rushdie. I'm not a Moslem, but as far as I could tell, there was very little, if anything, taboo in it. Given moralists' beliefs, it isn't surprising that they would decry voyeurism, from skin mags to lingerie ads. Less sensible though, is the way they are itching to build a Fahrenheit 451 bonfire for some of the literary classics, such as Huckleberry Finn. Some moralists still want to ban the teaching of evolution, even though genetics and the fossil record all but prove its validity. All-too-many of these moralists are examples of retrogression, the reverse of evolution. What really gets me is that many of these narrow-minded moralists frequently try to ban certain books from classrooms and libraries. Also, to this day these Harper Valley Hypocrites even pressure publishers not to publish the works of controversial artists and authors.
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