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Reply #17: I'm sorry, but the entire premise of this OP is just ludicrous. [View All]

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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-11 03:02 PM
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17. I'm sorry, but the entire premise of this OP is just ludicrous.
There are plenty of reasons to burn a book that don't necessarily mean that you want the book banned/censored. You could burn a Bible to protest Christianity; that doesn't necessarily mean that you want Christianity outlawed. It could just as easily be an expression of disgust or anger with Christianity as an institution--or an expression of disgust with one particular *translation* of the Bible...or an expression of support for a secular government free of religious influence.

If I go out and burn a copy of "Twilight", it doesn't always mean that I want "Twilight" BANNED. Maybe I'm just pissed at the idea of sparkly vampires, or maybe I'm protesting the fact that a chunk of Stephanie Meyer's profits are going to the Mormon Church.

You are taking the most EXTREME example of what a book-burning COULD mean and propping it up as if it's the ONLY possible interpretation. That's like saying that flag-burning is anarchist by nature, and that all flag-burners want to see America destroyed. Don't you think that's just a bit ridiculous?
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