The Christian Century, August 2nd, 2000
QUESTION: Who had reason to vandalize the statue of Carl von Linne, a.k.a. Carolus Linnaeus (1707-78), prompting Chicago authorities to move it from once-Swede-surrounded Lincoln Park to the University of Chicago?
Answer (choose one):
a) anti-Swede toughs;
b) neighborhood thugs;
c) enemies of pornography;
d) lovers of pornography;
e) postmodernists;
f) Uppsala preachers and their heirs.
I recall some controversy in 1976 as to whether the statue should be rescued at all. Would its removal be an injustice to Swedish-Americans, who had commissioned and placed it in the park in 18917 And...
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