Iarwain, it is sometimes necessary to judge people. To be precise, we pay people called judges to do so, in order to uphold the laws of our land. Not to mention juries, who are also asked to stand in judgement on our behalf. (In the assumption that you are American)in your country, you even ask people to make judgements which result in the death of another.
And I think the comparison with the Taliban is valid, as was mine with the burning of the library of Alexandria. These schools do not ban Tolkien in isolation, their ban is part of a wider programme of censorship, dance-banning and so on.
[ May 12, 2003: Message edited by: Lalaith ]
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