Histofactoid: Panopticon and Professor flaunt literary heresy

Delicious Freedom here Loftily Attained at Temporally Indulgent Last!

Ten years ago today, in an event broadcast across the Empire by National Optical Wireless, Professor Antonio Pille, with great ceremony and following a speech lasting 73 minutes, took a first edition copy of Strunk and White's Elements of Style in hand, dropped it into the alabaster bowl of a specially installed and decorated water closet fixture, and, with solemn dignity and slight smile, depressed the flush handle. Since this blasphemy occured on Erde and not "da Urth" thunderous global applause and hurrahs followed, not mindless rage-fueled riots and pointless carnage. A similar proceeding is planned for this upcoming Solstice involving the Institute office personal electronical computing engines once a large-enough potty is fabricated. The "flushing-out" of sacred cows, idolatrous objects, and "holy" books is turning into high sport and even a popular Optical Wireless program on our beloved world (hosted by Wotan himself!). With our newly found access to "da Urth" we are now never lacking in--how shall we place it?--raw materials for this mirthful recreation! The Amazonians (noble bare-breasted warrior librarians, we surmise) already have stupendous orders from us; we were delighted to discover that all the oozing effluviant of the late Dawore-kin is at sinus-clearance prices. Bibbles and Krayons (or is it Koreans?) are costly (as any wild-walleted penurious profit-fanatic will tell), but books of the superheroic More-man ("A delirious laugh riot!"-Portville Trumpeter Doubloon) and those of the ever-reliable "Witnesses" are provided to us gratis! Unmolested will be the rantings of the Boo-duh as this rare fellow (similar to the Erden wise-guy Bobdhob) apparently discriminated forests from trees.