Thursday, August 31, 2017

BOOKS CAN BE DANGEROUS

by Bob Walsh

A 16-year old shot six people, killing two of them, in the library in Clovis, NM early this week. The shooter, Nathaniel Jouett, is in custody awaiting transfer to adult court. It is unknown what connection, if any, existed between him and any of the victims of the shooting.

Perhaps he was just a militant anti-book advocate who believed that literacy is dangerous. For six people in Clovis is certainly was..

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