Ray Bradbury on the State of Censorship in Academia


	Ray Bradbury on the State of Censorship in Academia

bmeuppls

8-14-2008 11:58 PM

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pc, literature, censorship

bmeuppls says:

A commenter posted this at www.ace.mu.nu. A discourse from Ray Bradbury on the effects of political correctness on literature and free thought.

I doubt the fire-starters would see themselves as Ray does...

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