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Later, after some of readers had objected to the burning, Everqueer wrote a followup post clarifying why it had happened:Yeah. He really stuck it to The Man, didn't he?
The motivation behind the order to burn them was not political...as mentioned in the original post, we are in an extraordinarily remote location. We don't have a post office here, so sending them back wasn't an option. Extra space is scarce and alternatives that a few mentioned, like recycling, are nonexistent...I'm aware of the historical implications of book-burning. I won't say I didn't take pleasure in removing a few copies of this bigoted twerp's writings from circulation, but the reason for doing so was military necessity.![]()
How do we know those pictures were taken in Afghanistan and that it was in fact US soldiers that lit the fire?