I was reading a Xenophon translation today, since I was wondering where Romulus took his cues. This was in a book benignly entitled " "Ancient Travel Stories". Ya, right.......... *sounds of huge disgust*, and of disgruntled repetitions of the mantra, "Nothing ever changes". Did four rows of Gretchen Shawl.
Knitting is a my only escape from the reality of bonehead human ignorance, repeat, repeat, repeat... will finish postcards in the cool of the night. The quilt didn't even get a look in. Is it OK to burn ANY book?
The visions of Ferinheight 451 are etched, permanently scared into my psyche..and see (flashbacks) it whenever I encounter book banning. That said, Yes! some books can easily be burned by individual reader! I can think of a few... :)
ReplyDeleteAh! The Nazi conflagration. Yes, that was a blood curdling omen if ever there was one! I have this fear that it could happen again, here, and in this time.
ReplyDeleteXenophon's account of the Greek army's travels through the lands of the ancestors of the Kurds and the Armenians just proves what a self serving ass he was, which is also a point of instant debate I'm sure.
How we revere the Greeks to the detriment of the Romans, but I see no real difference between the two, either in hubris or violence. One's hierarchy just preceded the other in time.
The destruction of the Library at Alexandria is yet another book burning. I love this little page as a creative whodonit about the burning of the books there:
http://www.bede.org.uk/library.htm
There, I've said my piece, and may it be a lesson to them with the matches!