Ban 'Tintin in the Congo': British Anti-Racist Group


	Ban 'Tintin in the Congo': British Anti-Racist Group

Bookyards

7-11-2007 3:32 PM

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book banning, tintin books, tintin in the congo

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7-11-2007 9:01 PM

egil1313

If our most shameful, moronic moments in history are buried by censors, we are doomed to relive them...not having witnessed and recognized such sheer idiocy firsthand.

7-11-2007 9:37 PM

ratilfar

I agree....

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