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Even books as terrible and reprehensible as "The Turner Diaries" should
not be put to the torch, simply because they can be used as teaching tools. We can even learn from Fred Barnes
Rebel-In-Chief, another propagandistic and overly slanted piece of crap that proves only that extreme ideology is alive and well -- and printable in the United States. No, books should only be burned by accidental fires. The intentional burning of books is a crime against tolerance, intelligence, and humanity.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 20, 2006 at 9:09 AM
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If there's a book out there, or a series of books that we dont like...
we dont have to read them, pure and simple...but burn/destroy them?? How many times has that been done in our history? A few. Think we'd learn....
posted by
Rumor
on May 20, 2006 at 4:45 AM
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Thanks, star4you. I think?
posted by
saul_relative
on May 19, 2006 at 6:45 PM
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that's so cool
posted by
star4sky5
on May 19, 2006 at 6:38 PM
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But flames from burning books are soooo pretty, Renigade...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 19, 2006 at 6:16 PM
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Obviously she isn't secure in her own beliefs. It reminds me of the stink
over
The DaVinci Code. While I am Catholic, I can't imagine what the big deal is. Fiction is fiction. And even if Dan Brown wrote it as non-fiction, I still wouldn't be concerned. Fascinated, but not concerned--and definitely not threatened enough to burn a book.
posted by
Renigade
on May 19, 2006 at 5:13 PM
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Thanks, TallandSkinnyPoet. I appreciate the compliment. I strive to find
an interesting topic, even a slight bent on an old topic. And you're right; as an act of contrition, I will strive harder to convert, rather than alienate. Sometimes my frustration gets the better of me...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 17, 2006 at 4:10 PM
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Got A Lot of This While I Taught 5th Grade
...and I think some people are just insecure in general, that's why they clinge to a solid thing they know - their religion - so tightly. Don't know if you're going to convert anybody to our side with the descriptive language you use (isn't converting some people the point, after all?), but your view is well-taken anyway. You are the master at finding great topics... --Shawn "Tall and Skinny Poet"
posted by
TallAndSkinnyPoet
on May 16, 2006 at 10:01 PM
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And are more than welcome to voice it in my America, Mr. Dallas.
Nothing more democratic...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 14, 2006 at 9:05 PM
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No offense taken....
I just have a different perspectve on it.........
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on May 14, 2006 at 2:44 PM
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My entire family is made up of Christians, Corbin, on both sides. Some
are fairly well educated, some not so much. And quite a few of them fit the description of those people I was talking about. That "sweeping generality" was aimed at all the "backward-assed, close-minded Christians like Laura Mallory", and there are oh so many Christians "like Laura Mallory" that I believe it not to be so general, but rather specific. There's no reason to be defensive or offended if you are not "like Laura Mallory."
posted by
saul_relative
on May 14, 2006 at 9:36 AM
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It's so easy to speak about Christians.....
with such sweeping generalities, isn't it?
I am a Christian....I try not to get into discussions about it because it's my personal choice. However, in this topic, I have to point it out a bit of a misconception.
Why?
I am a Christian and think that the idiotic demands of this woman are terrible. Burn books? Nope, not for me, and I can say that the Christians that are among my friends and family feel the same way. This is a crazy fanatic that does not represent Christians as a whole. Yet many choose to use her as typical Christian.......how insulting. It's like saying Louis Farrikan is representative of all blacks, or Michael Morre is your average Democrat.
It's just like the uproar over the Da Vinci Code. So what, it's a work of fiction, I bought it and enjoyed reading it, even bought the sequel. Written along the lines of many great spy novels. Did I feel threatenedd by it? Nope, why should I? I am comfortable with the relationship I have with my Lord. When you make something like this a newsworthy issue...you give it free attention.
JMHO
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on May 14, 2006 at 6:03 AM
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The idea of a government dumbing down its people seems horrible, and yet,
Azur, the Bush administration and the radical right are doing a fine job of it, here in the land of opportunity and enlightenment.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 13, 2006 at 5:48 PM
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Getting stranger as the millenium grows older, the old one recedes, MG,
as if Christians are afraid, even frantic, that their Second Coming may not happen.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 13, 2006 at 5:45 PM
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I don't like the nanny state mentality where thinking is discouraged
resourcefulness is entirely discouraged
posted by
Azur
on May 13, 2006 at 5:43 PM
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..strange world that we live in....
posted by
MasonGarrett
on May 13, 2006 at 5:38 PM
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Thanks, Frankenkitty. Most people who follow some type of religious
doctrine are way imposing. (The Jehovah Witness line was excellent, by the way.) The thing that pissed me off the most about this Mallory woman is that she judged a set of books by their covers and didn't bother to even read them, a case of judge ye most that which ye know nothing.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 13, 2006 at 5:29 PM
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I always found Christianity rather
chauvinistic. I told that to a Jehovah's Witness and he about had a heart attack. He made his wife go sit in the car so she would not be exposed to me. I guess this Mallory lady thinks she can make decisions for other mothers without asking them their opinions or belief systems. Sounds very totalitarian to me. Ah, the seeds of oppression. Great post
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on May 13, 2006 at 4:23 PM
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