Lizard on Nostr: #[0] IIRC, Stine said, in effect, "Fuck that noise!" and has, thus far, not been sent ...
npub15qwuf8njm934yju6pcxns9g9gjsmjlu94dkt3w54wpjjgz9zmjds3n3p2z (npub15qw…3p2z) IIRC, Stine said, in effect, "Fuck that noise!" and has, thus far, not been sent to a work camp in Alaska for his defiance.
Which might not be the case if he lived in Florida, where it's the government mandating censorship. Unlike a publisher, governments, like moose bites, can be pretti nasti.
I will be happy when I can express outrage at the namby-pamby blue-nosed prigs in the private sector, because the government no longer poses a far more serious threat that requires most of my sparse energy and attention. As long as people are threatened with *actual jail* because they let kids read a book about penguin adoption or watch an episode of Benny Hill, I consider any petty Comstockery on the part of publishers to be of far less concern. And those more outraged about private editorial decisions than government laws are definitely looked at askance.
Which might not be the case if he lived in Florida, where it's the government mandating censorship. Unlike a publisher, governments, like moose bites, can be pretti nasti.
I will be happy when I can express outrage at the namby-pamby blue-nosed prigs in the private sector, because the government no longer poses a far more serious threat that requires most of my sparse energy and attention. As long as people are threatened with *actual jail* because they let kids read a book about penguin adoption or watch an episode of Benny Hill, I consider any petty Comstockery on the part of publishers to be of far less concern. And those more outraged about private editorial decisions than government laws are definitely looked at askance.