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Quote: Originally Posted by Robert_Santurri Dive, I could understand asking one time about banning books as a procedure.
But three times? since she never actually requested that any book be banned i dont see the problem
and it would depend on what and why she was asking
none of which we know at the moment | 
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Rep Power: 242 | | | What I am trippin' on is what benign reason would she have for the inquiry? | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Article 15 What I am trippin' on is what benign reason would she have for the inquiry? Exactly, even one time has me going huh?
Why would you want or even need to ask to ban books? | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Article 15 Is anyone here in favor of banning books? If so, which ones? In favor of banning books? Not really
Mein Kampf and the Turner Diaries are two books that I would want to never exist though. | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Robert_Santurri Exactly, even one time has me going huh?
Why would you want or even need to ask to ban books? Ya' got me ... | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Article 15 What I am trippin' on is what benign reason would she have for the inquiry? a begining point for negotiations
it happens a lot to staret out with an outragious requests, to have somewhere to go in the process without getting less than what you REALLY wanted
this is a well known tactic | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Article 15 Is anyone here in favor of banning books? If so, which ones? it would depend on what the book was and thye age of the group that were able to access them
please tell me you wouldnt expect an adult book to be in a middle school, right? | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chris Privacy reasons at work. So he can spam....and maybe someone will take it serious.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jreeves So he can spam....and maybe someone will take it serious. seriously, he likely shouldnt be posting on here from work
most places tend to frown on that sort of thing | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by DiveCon a begining point for negotiations
it happens a lot to staret out with an outragious requests, to have somewhere to go in the process without getting less than what you REALLY wanted
this is a well known tactic Negotiations with the librarian? What were they negotiating? | 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Article 15 Negotiations with the librarian? What were they negotiating? Perhaps moving the Bible or something like that into a better place in the library or something.
She'd probably want to ban any books on Global Warming, Anti-Religion,etc. That's if she wants to ban books I'm saying.
Though I think we can all agree if there is one book that should be banned, it's the turner diaries. |  | |
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