Re: jack kerouc
Lenny Bruce had some funny routines "Didja cum?" "Lone Ranger" and things, but once he started getting arrested every time he performed and injecting massive doses of smack he became painfully unfunny.
His importance cannot be underestimated however, just imagine living in a world where you could be arrested for saying "dirty words" onstage in a bar. The efforts of Lenny Bruce were one of the things that got us out of all that.
Also, William S. Burroughs book Naked Lunch was the last major book to be prosecuted as obscene in this country. You may argue that our culture is currently awash in filth but it beats the hell out of government interference in our speech.
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