the one and only truly amazing katster (katster) wrote,
the one and only truly amazing katster
katster
  • Mood: contemplative
  • Music: Lakota Sioux Indian Reservation - The Song Of One Thousand Years

the sin of burning books...

yes, I'm still awake. Just wanted to share something I found on alt.callahans.

"sheesh. The willful destruction of art, literature and knowledge is probably
the greatest sin that can be commited, at least in my eyes."
--Keith, "Oh my oh my", Dec. 24


I don't know if it's the *greatest* sin in my catalogue of sins, but it's right up there...I should dig up the poem I wrote in HS, the one against book burning, that scared the hell out of the school librarian... %)
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