Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Just to let you know, I re-did my commenting system. I'm no longer using YACCS; instead, blogger is providing my comments. I was tired of the long wait for the YACCS server. Today, I couldn't load my page due to the long wait. So, don't forget to comment if you read my journal. I like knowing what people think. And you can see the comments on the main page! Wee! No more clicking to other pages to see what other people think.

Now, onto more interesting subjects...

I stole this from Rimrunner's Livejournal.

Ten Most Harmful Books

An excerpt from the description of Book #4, The Kinsey Report:

The reports were designed to give a scientific gloss to the normalization of promiscuity and deviancy. “Kinsey’s initial report, released in 1948 . . . stunned the nation by saying that American men were so sexually wild that 95% of them could be accused of some kind of sexual offense under 1940s laws,” the Washington Times reported last year when a movie on Kinsey was released. “The report included reports of sexual activity by boys--even babies--and said that 37% of adult males had had at least one homosexual experience. . . . The 1953 book also included reports of sexual activity involving girls younger than age 4, and suggested that sex between adults and children could be beneficial."

My Lord. I just don't know what to say to this. Other books that made honorable mention include John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, Ralph Nader's Unsafe At Any Speed, and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Basically, I have a feeling that the "experts" who picked the books don't like free speech. Or challenging the system of government.

I feel like I should add all of these books to my summer reading list. It might be good to have a working knowledge of the "most harmful books" of all time. I just need to get through Darwin's Children. God. It's taking forever to finish. I'm not a fan of Greg Bear's writing, but I want to know what's going to happen to these characters.

By the way, MRIs are very loud. And why are the rooms so cold? I was freezing, even though I had a blanket. It was hard to keep still when I felt like shivering. It only took 30 minutes, though, which is good.