The Spirit of the Taliban

It's a slippery slope indeed.

The Spirit of the Taliban

 

By Elton Camp

 

When others their moral standards try to impose,

Much about themselves such bigotry does disclose

The Taliban found Buddha statues in poor taste

And used explosives to lay works of art to waste

 

If in your own discretion you feel you can decide

A person’s words, expressions or ideas to chide

On creativity it’s certain to have a chilling effect

Such censorship much excellent work has wrecked

 

Arrogance even wants Mark Twain’s books to edit

They were offended at his words when they read it

Things like this are the proverbial “slippery slope”

To such foolishness all writers should say, “Nope.”