"than to tell people they shouldn't read it."
Source: Carl Hiassen's column in today's Miami Sun
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/columnists/carl_hiaasen/14941455.htm
2006-07-02 05:11:59 · 17 answers · asked by ? 7 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Oops, that's the Miami Herald, my bad!
2006-07-02 05:12:29 · update #1
Hi, betts. I read Lady Chatterly's Lover as a teenager; found it very sensual and very appealing even if the characterization is a bit flat. Not at all surprising that it caused so much controversy among Lawrence's uptight contemporaries.
2006-07-03 03:41:36 · update #2
Agree, look how many movies, albums would have been a dismal failure untill groups of people started protesting. A rap singer once made a statement to all the people protesting his album. "Thank You I couldn't buy this much publicity."
2006-07-02 05:19:36 · answer #1 · answered by Charles M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True. I loooooove "Catcher in the Rye." And who doesn't love a classic Mark Twain novel!!?? From a comical view, go ahead and ban a book if you don't want it to get read. Students, however, would go for a banned book anyday because their inquisitive minds would make them wonder while reading why it's being banned, and secondly, they'd analyze the hell out of the book. Then again there's always the generic test, but banning is so much more fun!
2006-07-02 05:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I do know that there is no better way to get a number one song in England than to get it banned by the BBC!
Have you ever read "Lady Chatterly's Lover"?
2006-07-03 03:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree wholeheartedly.
2006-07-02 05:15:03 · answer #4 · answered by wmp55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should not read edsawyers answer....
but yes, lol, it's kinda true.
it depends on how many people tell you shouldn't read it though.
2006-07-03 02:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by Thinx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree. If people think it is dangerous thinking, they are more likely to check it out.
2006-07-02 05:16:13 · answer #6 · answered by snoweagleltd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on why they say you shouldn't read it. If you say it's boring then most people won't. If you say it had to much violence or sex then people will read it.
2006-07-02 05:16:38 · answer #7 · answered by La Dee Da 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take it you want me to read that as well?
Sorry not interested
nice try
2006-07-02 05:15:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It also helps if you make it into a movie!
2006-07-02 05:17:04 · answer #9 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so true......got a book I shouldn"t read?
2006-07-02 05:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by adnerb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋