When the Censor Comes

How to Spot a Would-Be Censor

The type of person who challenges books

Invariably denies being in favour of censorship;
Has rarely read the work in whole or often even in part;
Quotes excerpts out of context;
Demonizes the author and his/her other works.

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"If I can be proscribed today, for defending myself and my friends in the newspapers, another Nova Scotian may be rejected tomorrow because the Governor likes not the colour of his hair."

— Joseph Howe (1804-73), Nova Scotian newspaper editor, speaking in Cumberland County (1844), quoted in The Speeches and Public Letters of the Hon. Joseph Howe (1858)


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