Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Fahrenheit 451

Assuming this report is accurate, it graphically illustrates our lawless law enforcement culture. Instant totalitarianism.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/in-cambridge-md-a-soviet-style-punishment-for-a-novelist/379431/

2 comments:

  1. It would be so much simpler if the government would just issue lists of approved books and ideas. Why hasn't anyone thought of this?

    Oh, wait a minute...

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  2. The story was updated. We're told that the teacher wrote an unusual letter to the school's administration; and along with other strange behavior, that the letter was the justification for coercion. Nevertheless, as the author points out, the authorities made it sound that the books were the primary cause. That sounds sketchy.

    I believe the school ought to inquire into their employee's mental health, even to require his compliance, but being "involuntarily committed for evaluation," seems illegal. Is it?

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