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Books are sacred and I think some religious nuts believe that, too; only in their twisted minds, the books are dangerous because of their insidious sacred nature.
Beowulfsfriend
Level 9
Nov 11, 2018
3
Books are only sacred to the specific person holding them sacred, this is why we have censorship
I hate all censorship. I had a wacko, 11th grade English teacher, daughter of an ahole evangelical minister (He ran an awful retirement home that mistreated and deceived and defrauded the seniors their, and Social Security- I knew this to some extent then, it later came out big time). She blacked out all the "bad" words in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denitsovitch. I got to page 29 and said no more. I refused to read it. (I have since then. Ive even taught it) She agreed I had to read something. As I was constantly reading, I held up a book and said how about this? The book was 3 or 4 times longer, so she agreed and told me to write a report (f'ing book report. Even in 11th grade I knew their worthlessness and wrote about the book's key themes). The book - Catch 22. Try writing about the killing of a prostitute for an evangelical- girlfriend, ha.
Beowulfsfriend
Level 9
Nov 11, 2018
2
I find book burning the most heinous of crimes, to burn a book it to try to burn ideas because you have reasonable answers and so resort to violence.
Seems on this occasion the act backfired on the twat with a vengeance, I hope all the LBGTQ folk wrote him loving thank you letters, I'm sure he would "love " that.
LenHazell53
Level 9
Nov 11, 2018
4
Obviously the first guy never read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Flyingsaucesir
Level 8
Nov 11, 2018
3
I guess they think they can eradicate everything or everyone they don't like.
Lilac-JadeCanada
Level 9
Nov 11, 2018
2
The sort of man who burns the book is the same sort of man who a few hundred years ago would have burned the people.
@LenHazell53 Exactly.
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