Ten Most Harmful Books ...

[Henry Musikar]

The books themselves are objects, and of course in themselves are not
harmful.  People don't kill people after, all, it usually takes a weapon.
"The Origin of the Species" has been distilled for public consumption into
the phase "survival of the fittest."  The concept of might makes right has
been around since the dawn of man, and with the publication of Origin..., it
became scientific, reasonable, and perhaps even ethical.  

No, I can't think of much harm that Kinsey or The Feminine Mystique have
caused, even when used as blunt objects by people who haven't read them.
No, wait a minute.  I knew a woman who...

Henry


-----Original Message-----
From: Ghetta Life [mailto:ghetta_outta at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:42 AM
To: hmusikar at speakeasy.net; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: RE: Ten Most Harmful Books ...


OK, but then how does that reasoning include The Kinsey Report?  Or The 
Feminine Mystique?

And does anyone really think that The Origin of the Species has been used as

  justification for genocide or other such crimes?  It just threatens the 
existence of God.

Ghetta

>From: "Henry Musikar" <hmusikar at speakeasy.net>
>
>Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries
>
>http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7591
>
>Most, if not all of the books in that list have been cited as authoritative

>reasoning for terrible crimes against humanity and so have done more harm 
>than good.