If you could burn one book out of existence, would you be tempted?

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Avatar Image   Started by silverspeeder silverspeeder has 342 Grupie Points 7 months ago         Comments 2 Comments

Free speech and no censorship is my thing. But the dark side of me knows that there are books I wish had never been written. Thankfully I am not world dictator and so my resolve to stick with freedom of expression will never be tested.

How about you?

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It's tempting, but I wouldn't do it.

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I would NEVER burn a book.

Did I say never? Oh well... When you say "Never say never", you just said never... so I guess I can.

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Skrrrriti 7 months ago

Perhaps this topic should be what book would you wish never existed? I am sure most grupies wouldn't choose to suppress freedom of press, but its a nice fantasy topic.

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bansaisequoia 7 months ago

Yeah, then I could name dozens of books in good conscience!

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This topic was started by silverspeeder silverspeeder has 342 Grupie Points on April 18th, 2008. 13 grupies have voted on one or more of the 2 answers.

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