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To: wastedyears

>>They’re only removing the books normal people don’t care to read.<<

Yes, book burning, whether virtual or in reality, always advances knowledge and thinking.

Does “Fahrenheit 451” ring a bell?

As I said, next up for burning: “Tom Sawyer”, “Catcher in the Rye”, “Willard”, and of the older genre: “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” The Biblical “Song of Solomon.”

Maybe parents should guide their children in understanding literature rather than merely snatching it from the eyes.

Freedom requires thinking and responsibility.


7 posted on 12/12/2010 7:10:15 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Lt. Drebin: Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through.)
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To: freedumb2003

People can write, read and publish whatever they want. Like Amazon said, they reserve the right to judge that books are in good standing with their guidelines for what’s to be sold. I don’t care to know about a relationship a father has with his children, or brother and sister learning how to kiss.

It’s completely disgusting, and if those books are banned/burned, the better off people will be.


12 posted on 12/12/2010 7:16:15 PM PST by wastedyears (It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with control.)
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To: freedumb2003
Does “Fahrenheit 451” ring a bell?

Fahrenheit 451 has zero bearing here. This is an exercise of freedom, not a restriction of freedom. Amazon has made a business choice. They have every right to do so.

13 posted on 12/12/2010 7:19:19 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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