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Old 09-14-2010, 12:07 PM   #9 (permalink)
Amaras
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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade View Post
I disagree. It's the Pentagon and they're basically telling me I can't read a certain book. That makes me want to read that book. If the Pentagon of all people doesn't want me to read it, I should be reading it.
By all means, go for it. What I'm trying to say (apparently not very well) is
that for a vast majority of folks, if a book exposes something they would
rather not see exposed, they will NEVER read it.
Can't have our preconceptions challenged, after all.
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