FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2025
KEEP IT CIVIL?
July 11th is "Bowdler's Day."
Never heard of it? Me neither.
This unusual "holiday" honors
the birthday of Thomas Bowdler,
an English physician and
philanthropist who took it upon
himself to "clean up" literature
and make it more "family friendly."
He is know for having published
a censored version of William
Shakespeare's writings editing
out anything he considered
vulgar or offensive. He even
edited parts of the Old Testament!
To be "Bowdlerized" was to be
censored! For those of us who
oppose censorship the only positive
aspect of his works was that it
did make various writings more
assessable to more people. But on
this day our focus should be on
the value of free speech and
expression. This BLOG is
presented as written aand with
the hope that all your NEWS
is good!
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