I believe the printed word is more than sacred, beyond the gauge of good or bad

People keep finding my blog by searching for information on Don Lapre's "Greatest Vitamin in the World" scam. I actually haven't seen that commercial in a while. I wonder if he's in jail again. Someone else found it by searching for "robin goldwasser people are mean." What, is that like People Are Wrong combined with Mean Girls? {g}

There's a copy of Friday's local paper in the back room, and one of the stories on the front page is about a neo-Nazi group planning to rally in Valley Forge. (If they went through with the rally, it would have happened yesterday.) Even without the negative example of Hitler, I really can't see why anyone would support fascism. "You say it's a system where we have absolutely no say in the government, and they can do whatever they want, even kill us? Sign me up!" Yeah, I know they think the government would only kill the types of people they don't like, but I get the idea that hate groups can easily modify the objects of their hatred to fit any given situation. I'm hardly saying anything original there, though.

By the way, the article quotes a woman as saying, "We can't pray in public schools, but we have a neo-Nazi rally at Valley Forge." Um, how are those two things comparable?

As a librarian and a member of the American Library Association, I suppose I should let you know that it's currently Banned Books Week. You can find out more information here. Of the 100 most frequently challenged books, I've read thirteen, plus part of Brave New World. Since I read most of them for school, I suppose the bans didn't really work out that well, but it's still disturbing that people think censorship is a good idea.

So, in conclusion, fascism, racism, and censorship are bad. Wow, what original, cutting-edge ideas! {g}