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Originally posted by Mondak
I can't think of a good reason to burn a book. Even books with terrible content promoting racism and genecide need to be kept. They teach us lessons about how low we can go and hopefully provide warning to future generations if they come accross them.
Religous folks have a lot of problems and this is one of the ways they can cope. Call upon divine right and direction and the masses will follow.
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Well put. One can stand back and say that it is ok for them to do this as long as it is not my books that are being burnt. That is the same attitude that many Germans had has Jews were being persecuted in the 1930s. While this is a protected form of speech, that does not make it right even if your rights are not being violated. I for one am glad that the city is standing in the way of the book burning. By standing aside and letting it happens it makes the city look like it agrees with the actions of this church.