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Commentary, which (surprise, surprise) didn't like 1954's popular culture any more than it likes today's pop crap.
I myself would not like to live surrounded by the kind of culture Dr. Wertham could thoroughly approve of, and what I would not like for myself I would hardly desire for Paul. The children must take their chances like the rest of us. But when Dr. Wertham is dealing with the worst of the comic books he is on strong ground; some kind of regulation seems necessary—indeed, the more respectable publishers of comic books might reasonably welcome it—and I think one must accept Dr. Wertham's contention that no real problem of “freedom of expression” is involved, except that it may be difficult to frame a law that would not open the way to a wider censorship.
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I think my position is that I would be happy if Senator Kefauver and Dr. Wertham could find some way to make it impossible for Paul to get any comic books. But I'd rather Paul didn't get the idea that I had anything to do with it.
We can only hope that the typist of this shameful pro-fascist censorship screed was murdered (preferably w/ a switchblade) by the son (Paul) he hoped to deprive of entertainment.
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