Poll: Would you ever burn a book?
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Probably already been said a lot, survival with fire, or if it's among the caliber of Twilight. Only times I'd burn a book.
In a situation of extreme cold, if it was the only way to get a fire started effectively. And despite the fact that I'm something of a bibliophile, I doubt I'd suffer so much as a twinge unless it was a book I liked (or one I wanted to read, but hadn't).
As much as i have come to hate certain books (the twilight series for example) i would never burn one. Burning books is a form of censorship and i don't belive in censorship just becasue you don't like somthing. Also theres a horrible stigma that goes along with book burining, like your actively participating in the destruction of ideas, learning and creativity. Its one thing to hate a book, its another to destroy it. You can always choose not to read somthing. Its your choice! But if you burn a book you rob yourself and everyone else of that choice. Your forcing ignorace on the world.
The only time I would ever burn a book is to keep warm in a freezing blizzard or to cook food if there is no other fuel available. I would never burn a book, any book, even one's I violently disagree with, for a political point. Even very horrible books, like Hitler's Mein Kampf, should be preserved, mostly for historical purposes and to give an insight into his madness (anyone who tries to claim that Hitler wasn't a blood-thirsty genocidal maniac can be proven wrong with just a couple of pages out of Hitler's own writings). Racist books should be preserved (not promoted) in order to preserve our knowledge of the past's culture. If anyone tries to say "hey, the Confederacy wasn't that racist", we can just point to the crap many in the South were publishing and reading as evidence that "yes, the confederacy was filled with slave owning racist berks".
I think that really awful, hatefilled books should not be promoted or mass printed, but they should be preserved to remind us of what we used to be, and how we have and can change. Once you start saying that some books can be removed or destroyed, you open yourself up to the demolition of history itself. Mein Kampf is an awful, awful book (in terms of subject matter and writing style), but it's a useful reminder of how crazy the Nazis were and how awful Hitler was.
I think that really awful, hatefilled books should not be promoted or mass printed, but they should be preserved to remind us of what we used to be, and how we have and can change. Once you start saying that some books can be removed or destroyed, you open yourself up to the demolition of history itself. Mein Kampf is an awful, awful book (in terms of subject matter and writing style), but it's a useful reminder of how crazy the Nazis were and how awful Hitler was.
For tinder if there was nothing else. Also because I've been meaning to burn one bible. It seems like something to do to break completely with my Christian past.
Yes (and I have): very poorly written fictional books. And non-fictional which purely pervert the facts - on already well know and documented facts. If a new non-fictional book comes out with new ideas on a subject matter, its safe - as thats how thoughts and ideas grow.
(and on if survival required to do so for a source of heat)
(and on if survival required to do so for a source of heat)
the only reason id EVER burn a book was to survive and needed the heat to cook my food or stay warm in my nice my post apocalyptic shell of a sky scraper
(and even then only things like trashy mags, the bible,kids books,etc,etc. leave the history,science mathematics,philosophy and graphic novels where they are thank you very much.)
(and even then only things like trashy mags, the bible,kids books,etc,etc. leave the history,science mathematics,philosophy and graphic novels where they are thank you very much.)
I'm confused. Are you talking about burning ALL books or some specific book? If it's just one book you are talking about, then this really isn't a good topic.
All books in the world: Hell no.
"Important" books that should not be burnt: Depends on the book in question.
One book of random origin, type, etc: Doesn't matter. I would burn it if I had reason to, but not for no reason.
All books in the world: Hell no.
"Important" books that should not be burnt: Depends on the book in question.
One book of random origin, type, etc: Doesn't matter. I would burn it if I had reason to, but not for no reason.
No, I'd recycle it if I really hated it.
Just cause I dont beleive in destroying through fire. has too much of a Fahrenheit 451 feel.
Just cause I dont beleive in destroying through fire. has too much of a Fahrenheit 451 feel.
