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| When published in 1978, according to the Donegal Democrat the book was "a shocking libel on the people of Donegal". |
Patrick McGinley *1937
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| When published in 1978, according to the Donegal Democrat the book was "a shocking libel on the people of Donegal". |
Patrick McGinley *1937
When I see 'shocking libel' labels about a book I immediately wonder how much is true - and assume that considerable amounts are or the book would have been removed from publication.
ReplyDeleteWill a book sell, or not? That counts. Not the amount of truth, the more in times of 'alternative facts' and 'alternative truths'.
DeleteTo remove a book from publication would be censorship. And what kind of books are the first to be censored in certain states?
As Heine wrote in his 1832 tragedy 'Almanso': "Where one burns books, one ultimately burns people."
We had and still have that. So, no. No censorship. Enough that too many people do have scissors in their head.