There are many examples of the idiocy of censors. For instance, a picture book of "Little Red Riding Hood" was once banned from an elementary school library because (I kid you not) there was an illustration showing Red carrying a bottle of wine to her grandmother. Similarly, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" was banned because some busybodies considered it to be "too violent" for their personal taste. Just as ridiculous, the logging industry has pressured libraries against carrying "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss; because it promotes environmental responsibility, something that the logging industry all too often sorely lacks. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and later as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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