Bookseller’s retirement
Sir, —Otto Zeizinger talks of maturity (March 20). Part of being mature is having the ability to distinguish right from wrong in various contexts, This ability is gained from social experience and knowledge. Being free to read a wide range of literature, as advocated by Gordon Tait, can only help us on the path to maturity. Through reading, we can discover things without having to try them out? for ourselves. Otto Zeizinger’s curious assertion that, in Gordon Tait’s world, every* one would have to be thief or gangster before they became mature in good, makes no sense. He confuses action with learning. We can think of nothing less mature than, basing one’s concept of “good” and “bad” on the absolute dictates of a dying mythology. — Yours, etc., R. W. GLUE, ( C. GLUE, ’ March 21, 1980. [
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