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toofy 2 days ago [-]
the librarian was put under investigation when she refused to ban the books.
> An investigation into the librarian was soon launched and the library closed as a "temporary safeguarding measure".
of course 1984 is one of the books being banned.
ivell 2 days ago [-]
It seems 1984 is the manual that most governments are using to inspire themselves. Definitely not something that us plebs should have access to.
/s (for those few)..
agrishin 2 days ago [-]
I red 1984 and "Brave new world" roughly at the same time, and for quite some time I thought 1984 to be too unrealistic, and I considered bnw as more likely scenario.
I was wrong.
zombar 2 days ago [-]
I remember having a similar feeling about 'A Handmaids Tale', a TV show I gave up watching because I would actually weep myself to sleep.
Coming soon no doubt. It's like they are determined to make dystopian nightmares a reality, almost as if they know the end is nigh or this particular iteration of civilization is drawing to a close and they are determined to squeeze the very soul out of the experience.
To what end? Distraction? Personal enrichment?
voakbasda 2 days ago [-]
Everyone wants their slice of the pie fore the music stops?
okokwhatever 2 days ago [-]
There is a reason why we need to safeguard the culture (old, recent & actual) for the future generations. This is a intergenerational responsibility that we need to tackle asap.
jleyank 2 days ago [-]
I’ve heard that various religious texts have strong, sensitive sometimes violent themes. Yet nobody bans them. Wonder why.
BobBagwill 2 days ago [-]
I wonder if Fahrenheit 451 was banned too?
Or maybe it was kept as a how-to manual?
boznz 2 days ago [-]
The title drips with irony
drweevil 2 days ago [-]
“Safeguarding”. How very, um, Orwellian.
zthrowaway 2 days ago [-]
UK doing UK things per usual.
toofy 2 days ago [-]
unfortunately, we have the problem in a few places in the US as well.
florida and texas in particular. [0]
last year florida has at least 2,300 instances of book bannings and texas had at least 1,700.
> An investigation into the librarian was soon launched and the library closed as a "temporary safeguarding measure".
of course 1984 is one of the books being banned.
/s (for those few)..
Coming soon no doubt. It's like they are determined to make dystopian nightmares a reality, almost as if they know the end is nigh or this particular iteration of civilization is drawing to a close and they are determined to squeeze the very soul out of the experience.
To what end? Distraction? Personal enrichment?
florida and texas in particular. [0]
last year florida has at least 2,300 instances of book bannings and texas had at least 1,700.
its wild to watch this all happen so quickly.
[0] https://pen.org/book-bans/book-ban-resources/ (if you scroll down to the map it shows how many instances of book bannings by state)