Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Jewel Of Medina, a book written by Sherry Jones.
I like reading books and I should be able to choose fully what I read. However, The Jewel of Medina, a debut novel by Sherry Jones has been pulped by the publisher Random House because "credible and unrelated sources" had warned that the book "could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment".
Oh yeah, what about the mantra of publish and be damned? You should be allowed to buy and read whatever you like. You pays your money and you have a read. Nobody is forcing you to buy and read this book. Why should readers be bullied by some religious fanatics because they do not like their secrets becoming public knowledge? Is it because they are rightly ashamed of the paedophile antics of their role model? Does the thought of having sex with a 9 year old girl make you want to convert to Islam and follow in the footsteps of Prophet Mohamed ibn Abdallah?
I agree with both Salman Rushdie and Johann Hari in that this book should not have been pulped. You cannot allow self appointed groups the right to censure what adults can buy and read. If you don't like a book, then simply do not buy and read that book. I am not going to call on publishers to withdraw from sale copies of the Holy Bible. If other readers wish to buy and read the Holy Bible and believe the stories rendered, then they in our democracy are welcome to do it. The Jewel of Medina, is a novel - a work of fiction, so nobody should get upset about it unless you like screwing 9 year old girls and people knowing your preferences then may think bad of you!
I like reading books and I should be able to choose fully what I read. However, The Jewel of Medina, a debut novel by Sherry Jones has been pulped by the publisher Random House because "credible and unrelated sources" had warned that the book "could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment".
Oh yeah, what about the mantra of publish and be damned? You should be allowed to buy and read whatever you like. You pays your money and you have a read. Nobody is forcing you to buy and read this book. Why should readers be bullied by some religious fanatics because they do not like their secrets becoming public knowledge? Is it because they are rightly ashamed of the paedophile antics of their role model? Does the thought of having sex with a 9 year old girl make you want to convert to Islam and follow in the footsteps of Prophet Mohamed ibn Abdallah?
I agree with both Salman Rushdie and Johann Hari in that this book should not have been pulped. You cannot allow self appointed groups the right to censure what adults can buy and read. If you don't like a book, then simply do not buy and read that book. I am not going to call on publishers to withdraw from sale copies of the Holy Bible. If other readers wish to buy and read the Holy Bible and believe the stories rendered, then they in our democracy are welcome to do it. The Jewel of Medina, is a novel - a work of fiction, so nobody should get upset about it unless you like screwing 9 year old girls and people knowing your preferences then may think bad of you!
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