Posted on 03/01/2006 6:04:00 PM PST by TFFKAMM
A FRIEND OF MINE took his young daughter to visit the famous City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, explaining to her that the place is important because years ago it sold books no other store would — even, perhaps especially, books whose ideas many people found offensive.
So, although my friend is no fan of Ward Churchill, the faux Indian and discredited professor who notoriously called 9/11 victims "little Eichmanns," he didn't really mind seeing piles of Churchill's books prominently displayed on a table as he walked in.
However, it did occur to him that perhaps the long-delayed English translation of Oriana Fallaci's new book, "The Force of Reason," might finally be available, and that because Fallaci's militant stance against Islamic militants offends so many people, a store committed to selling banned books would be the perfect place to buy it. So he asked a clerk if the new Fallaci book was in yet.
"No," snapped the clerk. "We don't carry books by fascists."
Now let's just savor the absurd details of this for a minute. City Lights has a long and proud history of supporting banned authors — owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti was indicted (and acquitted) for obscenity in 1957 for selling Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," and a photo at the bookstore showed Ferlinghetti proudly posing next to a sign reading "banned books...."
link...?
(seeing the terms are synonymous anyway...
If they don't wise up soon they might end bowing to Mecca 5 times a day.
Liberal hypocrisy. Who woulda thunk it.
Just curious. Do they sell "Mein Kempf"?
It's better than the author realizes - Fallaci is, or was at one point, an outright communist. She is also an outspoken advocate of resistance to Islamic fascism. The bookstore clerk was crashingly, proudly ignorant. There's an awful lot of him on the left for whom political identity revolves exclusively around whom one hates.
Or "My Rise and Fall" by Mussolini? It's actually a great read. I'm a big fan of grandiloquence.
Liberals version of free speech = "I have the right to spew whatever america-hate I want, but YOU only have free speech as long as I'm not offended or uncomfortable with what your saying."
betcha they do.
Mother Sheehan's book is featured on the home page.
Fallaci bump.
I am still amazed by how easily "progressive, free-thinkers" can be offended.
Fallaci is, or was at one point, an outright communist. She is also an outspoken advocate of resistance to Islamic fascism. The bookstore clerk was crashingly, proudly ignorant. There's an awful lot of him on the left for whom political identity revolves exclusively around whom one hates.Or "My Rise and Fall" by Mussolini? It's actually a great read.9 posted on 03/01/2006 9:25:34 PM EST by Billthedrill
Mussolini was also a former Communist . . .
Mussolini was also a journalist. Hmmm. The plot thickens. Kind of.
Are you implying that Fallaci actually is a fascist? If so I'd love to learn what led you to that conclusion.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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