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About 90 gay books burned in fire at Chicago library
ABC7Chicago.com ^
| June 15, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 06/15/2006 1:33:03 PM PDT by DBeers
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To: dangus
"to have his appendix removed"
Ooof...! Just for that, you are under arrest.
O-pun and shut case!
To: DBeers
I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my gay books fa-laming!
To: archer59y
Maybe it started by spontaneous combustion due to friction of books rubbing against each other?? That's hardcover porn, that is.
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:02:45 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
To: DBeers
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:02:45 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Every person has a photographic memory... but some don't have their flash card installed.)
To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:05:45 PM PDT
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: DBeers
"the fire is being investigated as an arson -- but not as a hate crime"
So now it's possible to commit a hate crime against inanimate objects? Am I understanding this correctly?
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:06:49 PM PDT
by
the anti-liberal
(OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
To: DBeers
To: the anti-liberal
So now it's possible to commit a hate crime against inanimate objects? Am I understanding this correctly? No. The term "hate crime" is a euphemism. It really means "thoughtcrime."
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:21:08 PM PDT
by
thulldud
("Muslim Community Leaders Warn of Backlash from Tomorrow's Terrorist Attack")
To: rattrap
Damn you, I wanted to be the first to say that. :)
It would be fitting if one of the other 10 books was a book on the history of Usenet...
To: DBeers
I guess its ok for consenting adults to publish whatever they want in the privacy of their own public library.
To: weegee
You were at WBAI, too?
I was the station's token conservative.
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:29:02 PM PDT
by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
To: Conservative Goddess
Not only were they gay books...but they were BLACK too!
To: Conservative Goddess
I once had a book try to make a move on me. The paper cuts alone were enough to keep me away from books for the rest of my life. : )
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:31:28 PM PDT
by
AndrewB
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:34:40 PM PDT
by
AndrewB
To: thulldud
""
Yes, since hate is an emotion, or thought, you would be technically correct.
From a legal standpoint though, is this a progression from the "hate crime" only certain people can be guilty of - against certain protected classes of people to "hate crimes" against certain protected classes of inanimate objects?
Perhaps a gay person is in love with his sex toy, which he "makes love to", which someone damages with intent. Will that become two counts of committing "hate crime", one count against the individual, and one count against the sex toy?
If this is a continuing trend, where will it end?
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:40:54 PM PDT
by
the anti-liberal
(OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
To: MplsSteve
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:58:12 PM PDT
by
Conservative Goddess
(Politiae legibus, non leges politiis, adaptandae)
To: new cruelty
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posted on
06/15/2006 2:58:47 PM PDT
by
Conservative Goddess
(Politiae legibus, non leges politiis, adaptandae)
To: MplsSteve
Which is more important; a gay book or an African-American book? (technically, they are all "black" now)
To: DBeers
Probably a huge Vaseline spill cause by those who frequent the section. That stuff can be flammable.
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posted on
06/15/2006 4:34:09 PM PDT
by
FormerLib
("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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