Geoffrey Cains
Geoffrey Cains reviews 'The Censor’s Library: Uncovering the Lost History of Australia’s Banned Books' by Nicole Moore
Geoffrey Cains
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Even at the age of eighty-four it appears that our censors of old possessed a moral clarity that no longer exists. Censorship was carried out by the state as a force of moral purpose, protecting the population from the consequences of reading banned literature: to wit, moral decline and subversion, particularly among the powerless. This was pertinent to children whose innocence entailed a lack of knowledge of moral turpitude and who were seen as particularly vulnerable.
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May 2012, no. 341