Funny How Your Eye Can Be Drawn to a Book, Isn’t It?

An interesting letter to the editor today in the Independent Record advocates the removal of a book from the Lewis and Clark Library, claiming it is pornographic. The author of the letter, Paul Cohen, writes:

When I saw “The Joy of Gay Sex” on the Helena Public Library’s “New” bookshelf, I wondered, “What are they presenting to the children of our community?” It was worse than I expected. This book is full of explicit drawings of male homosexual acts of every kind imaginable.

Hmm…the book was “full” of those nasty drawings, was it? One would think a person would have stopped reading upon first encountering such hateful material. Maybe censors are less concerned about protecting others than themselves.

Tagged as: Civil Liberties

Article by Don Pogreba

Don is an English/Debate teacher and debate handbook author who lives in Helena, MT, and who can't imagine living anywhere other than this glorious state. Much of his writing happens late at night and he is unlikely to respond to your comments during the day.