The Pleasure Police
1996-07-08T00:59:25-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNjFkXC8xOTk2MDcwODAxMDIwNzAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Mr. Shaw talked about his new book, The Pleasure Police: How Bluenose Busybodies and Lily-Livered Alarmists are Taking all the Fun out of Life. He read from the book and talked about his arguments for allowing people to enjoy life more by worrying less about all the things that may kill them. However, he maintained that he was not arguing for a total loss of common sense either. He also took questions from the audience.
Mr. Shaw talked about his new book, The Pleasure Police: How Bluenose Busybodies and Lily-Livered Alarmists are Taking all the Fun out of Li… read more
Mr. Shaw talked about his new book, The Pleasure Police: How Bluenose Busybodies and Lily-Livered Alarmists are Taking all the Fun out of Life. He read from the book and talked about his arguments for allowing people to enjoy life more by worrying less about all the things that may kill them. However, he maintained that he was not arguing for a total loss of common sense either. He also took questions from the audience. close
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