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[Father_Brain]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1369643,00.html

 

[AstroLad]

What should we do with US classics like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Color Purple? "Dig a hole," Gerald Allen recommends, "and dump them in it." Don't laugh. Gerald Allen's book-burying opinions are not a joke.

Earlier this week, Allen got a call from Washington. He will be meeting with President Bush on Monday. I asked him if this was his first invitation to the White House. "Oh no," he laughs. "It's my fifth meeting with Mr Bush."

Bush is interested in Allen's opinions because Allen is an elected Republican representative in the Alabama state legislature. He is Bush's base.

Why don't they just skip the middle man and go straight to burning the gays?

 

[KingGondo]

"'Literature like Shakespeare and Hammet [sic] could be left alone.' Could be. Not 'would be'. In any case, he says, 'you could tone it down.'"

God, I fear for America more every day.

The face of tolerance and progress in America:

 

[xsarien]

Why don't they just skip the middle man and go straight to burning the gays?

Because that would be too obvious.

 

[Jonnyboy117]

Well, we got rid of Roy Moore. That's something. There are plenty of reasonable, smart, cultured people in Alabama, but you wouldn't know it from our elected officials.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

The most upsetting-- he almost comes out and says he's doing it just for the votes. Can't even tell what he believes in, really.

 

[Minotauro]

What a fucking scumbag.

I can almost guarantee that he's a closet homosexual...not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[StoOgE]

Well, we got rid of Roy Moore. That's something. There are plenty of reasonable, smart, cultured people in Alabama, but you wouldn't know it from our elected officials.

Or the fact that your populace banned gay marriage and kept segregation laws in your state constitution. Sorry Alabama doesnt seem like it has very many reasonable smart people.. or at least not a majority.

 

[Jonnyboy117]

Or the fact that your populace banned gay marriage and kept segregation laws in your state constitution. Sorry Alabama doesnt seem like it has very many reasonable smart people.. or at least not a majority.

It is indeed very sad. The anti-segregation amendment was defeated not on racial grounds, at least on the part of the voters. It was defeated because the almighty Christian Coalition falsely advertised that it could result in higher taxes for education. The Christian Coalition opposes all tax increases, and most Alabamians are oppressed under the influence of the CC and its ally, the Alfa corporation. Whether the CC decided to oppose the amendment on racial grounds, I cannot say, but it would not surprise me at all. They are one of the most evil organizations on the face of this earth.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Why don't they just skip the middle man and go straight to burning the gays?

why astro, dont you realize the logistics behind that? think boy!! i thought you were smart.... i mean, do you know the price of gasoline these days?!?! and how are they (the gays)supposed to afford transportation from NYC and california all the way down south!?
duh....

 

[Azih]

Bah one sided reporting. How come nobody's mentioned that the reason the guy wants to burn these books is to keep the homeless warm.

Why do liberals hate the homeless?

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

this is gonna be soooo cool though. america the theocracy. just imagine, we'll have an entirely new branch of the miltary. THE PALADINS. they'll scour the country and the world destroying evil and immorality and science all in the name of the constitution and america.
they got 30 ways to kill you. puck one. HUP!

 

[Mercury Fred]

I'd like to see some of GA's resident right wingers step in to defend this. Any takers? I'm curious if this is a matter on which you support Bush.

 

[videogamer]

I'd like to see some of GA's resident right wingers step in to defend this. Any takers? I'm curious if this is a matter on which you support Bush.

We haven't had a good church-state argument in a long time.

 

[Izzy]

What should we do with US classics like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Color Purple? "Dig a hole," Gerald Allen recommends, "and dump them in it." Don't laugh. Gerald Allen's book-burying opinions are not a joke.

Last week, Bush's base introduced a bill that would ban the use of state funds to purchase any books or other materials that "promote homosexuality".

I'm speechless.

 

[Litigation Manuel]

What should we do with US classics like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Color Purple? "Dig a hole," Gerald Allen recommends, "and dump them in it." Don't laugh. Gerald Allen's book-burying opinions are not a joke.

I'm speechless.

You make me sick! Who else is going to look out for the needs of the mole people!? They deserve the right to read just as much as any other! Don't act so surprised, they're people, too! And it just so happens that digging holes is the best way to reach them! If we could fly the books to them, I'm sure we would, but dammit, they live underground!

 

[Guileless]

Why do y'all get so worked up over Guardian articles and that ilk? This world is full of publicity hounds that go to extremes to get attention, and it works here at GAF with threads about this guy and Ann Coulter. They are media-driven charlatans who aren't worth your attention.

Ahh, Alabama. We Mississippians can look down on you here. Tennessee Williams's birthplace is a proud landmark in my hometown and serves as the official welcome center for tourists. And I love the film version of The Glass Menegarie, with Karen Allen and John Malkovich.

 

[Jonnyboy117]

Hey, at least we have the space industry in Alabama. Mississippi has...umm...riverboat gambling?

I kid. We stereotyped southern states have to stick together.

 

[Guileless]

Hey, at least we have the space industry in Alabama. Mississippi has...umm...riverboat gambling?

I kid. We stereotyped southern states have to stick together.

Yes, we do.

And, we also have a new Nissan plant to go along with our gambling, and the Braves' AA affiliate is coming too! Mississippi pwnz j00 all!

 

[Mandark]

Why do y'all get so worked up over Guardian articles and that ilk? This world is full of publicity hounds that go to extremes to get attention, and it works here at GAF with threads about this guy and Ann Coulter. They are media-driven charlatans who aren't worth your attention.

And conservatives don't get worked up over Michael Moore, Ted Rall, and PETA?

This is an elected official in a state that just decided to keep an explicitly racist passage in their constitution. He says he is proposing this legislation because of 14 voter referendums that banned gay marriage (and in most cases, civil unions as well). I'd say this is fair game.

 

[element]

This would outlaw 90% of NBC Fall 2005 Lineup!

 

[Gantz]

 

[DCharlie]

'Last week, Bush's base introduced a bill that would ban the use of state funds to purchase any books or other materials that "promote homosexuality".'

yet Bush's base all love Jesus... he's a dood, Bush is dood....

He's promoting homosexualy feelings.