On: J.D. Salinger and wielding copyright as self-prote...

[AlbertCory]

Supposedly in Cornish, if you asked anyone where he lived, they'd all claim to have no idea.

As for all these writers, I think he wanted to be left alone, so leave him alone.

[GoRudy → AlbertCory]

I grew up in Cornish. Most of us knew. Our plumber was his plumber etc etc. he was left alone, there’s a lot of interesting art in the community to see, his house not being one of them.

[jojobas → GoRudy]

The locals may have left him alone, but let's say 1% of the US population read the book and 1% of them decided to go have a look at him. That's still a person a day for 100 years.

[slowhadoken → AlbertCory]

Yeah I can’t understand how people rationalize harassing Salinger.

[john-radio → slowhadoken]

Maybe some percent of them are just testing out the Cornish solidarity thing.

[slowhadoken → john-radio]

I’ve been to some small towns in Montana that value discretion and isolation. I prefer it to a gaggle of consumers.