Monday, January 10, 2005

So That's What they Don't Wear Under Those Robes

America (The Book), Democracy Inaction is off the shelves in a couple of Mississippi libraries. Librarians who've defended books from Catcher in the Rye to Harry Potter from overzealous censors just can't get over them nekkid Supreme Court Justices. The book from Jon Stewart of The Daily Show is a spoof of how government and politics works. It features doctored photos purporting to show all nine Supreme Court Justices in the nude. (AP via Yahoo!)

1 comment:

Daniel Kirkdorffer said...

This book has been out for four months, and they are only just taking such an action? They could, of course do what enlightened countries like Saudi Arabia do, and simply tear out the offending page.

Of course, the way people treat library books these days, I wouldn't be surprised if someone did that anyway without librarians worrying about it themselves.