About 90 gay books burned in fire at Chicago library

ABC7Chicago.com ^ | June 15, 2006 | Associated Press

[FJ290]

....small fire at a Chicago Public Library on the city's North Side has burned about 100 books -- 90 of them in the gay and lesbian section.

Sounds like a good start to me. It's a shame they weren't all burned.

[little jeremiah]

Sniff... Sob!

[P-40]

What if the fire turns out to have been caused by a homeless family

Or a cow kicking over a lantern. :)

[Lindykim]

Argus: What if the fire turns out to have been caused by a homeless family camping in the stacks and trying to heat their soup? Whose victim status is the trump?


Or supposing it turns out to be a disabled man-hating transgender lesbian NOW member?

[bboop]

How could it be a hate crime? You hate books and it hurts their feelings?

[Constitution Day]

Freedom of speech covers everybody or it's a meaningless joke.

BUMP

[Robert A Cook PE]

8<)

Were they stacked under the frictional love stories?

[Robert A Cook PE]

The puns around here are getting chapter and verse.

[FearlessFreep]

Have you read Elton John's bio?

I've never kissed a parrot, but I've kissed a cockatoo?

[Red Badger]

Bookies would be upset if you set them on fire........

[Liberty Valance]

Help is on the way...

[plan2succeed.org]

Arson is a serious crime. Books should not be burned for political reasons. Library shelves should not be set aflame for any reason.

Would you please inform us all of the results of the arson investigation, whenever that may occur and if such information is ever publicized?

Thank you.

SafeLibraries.org - Are Children Safe in Public Libraries?

[thulldud]

If this is a continuing trend, where will it end?

It ends when all the right-wing hate freaks are swinging from la lanterne!

I must remind everyone that "hate" is a code word in the GLBT lexicon. When they use it, they don't mean "hate", although they do mean to trigger the usual response to the word in their hearers. This is a well-known propaganda technique. By "hate", they mean any sort of opposition to their agenda. In effect, any contrary opinion.

Since the thing that "hate crime" laws target isn't actually hate, but a certain class of political opinion, there's no real reason to stop them from being extended in just the way you suggest. Though they didn't do it in this case, the fact that the subject even comes up shows that people are thinking about it.

(Yes, this post is two days late. So what? I was out celebrating wedding anniversary number 28 with my real-live sweetie who is most definitely of the OPPOSITE sex!)

[DBeers]

Restoration is not enough, he writes. "It must be expanded" to show anyone who delights in this crime that "any attack on gay people will be met by an even stronger response."

Delusion plain and simple....

[N. Theknow]

Book fire destroys volumes about Flamers?

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[plan2succeed.org]

Thanks for that list. That clears things up for me.