LeVar Burton wants you to read banned books

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OK tell me what book have you ever been prevented from reading because it was banned.

And what exactly do you believe that would prove?

...the Bible was banned when Soviet officials decreed that libraries must “contain solely anti-religious books.” The Bible was not published again in the USSR until 1956.

And was continued to be read in secret.

 

[Blues Man]

And what exactly do you believe that would prove?

...the Bible was banned when Soviet officials decreed that libraries must “contain solely anti-religious books.” The Bible was not published again in the USSR until 1956.

And was continued to be read in secret.

We don't live in the USSR or didn't you know that?

 

[ding]

We don't live in the USSR or didn't you know that?

And yet it perfectly proves my point that in theory banned books would not be read but in practice banned books are read secretly.

Your lack of logic on this simple concept is astounding. Even a small child can understand it.

 

[luiza]

We don't live in the USSR or didn't you know that?

Just shows you how clever DS is .
They got you totally fooled .

 

[Blues Man]

And yet it perfectly proves my point that in theory banned books would not be read but in practice banned books are read secretly.

Your lack of logic on this simple concept is astounding. Even a small child can understand it.

Funny I've read all kinds of books that people claimed were "banned" anyone in this country can.

 

[ding]

Funny I've read all kinds of books that people claimed were "banned" anyone in this country can.

Seems like you are agreeing with me that banning books does not magically prevent people from reading them.

 

[Blues Man]

Seems like you are agreeing with me that banning books does not magically prevent people from reading them.

There are no banned books if anyone can read them and not be prosecuted for reading them.

 

[ding]

There are no banned books if anyone can read them and not be prosecuted for reading them.

So the USSR did not ban the bible? Because there are a lot of links that say they did.

 

[Blues Man]

So the USSR did not ban the bible?

We do not live in the USSR

 

[ding]

We do not live in the USSR

Correct. What's your point?

 

[Blues Man]

Correct. What's your point?

That there are no banned books in this country

Is that a simple enough sentence for you to understand?

 

[Weatherman2020]

Jeez, again? I am for the removal of porn. I am also in favor of every book being judged on its own merits. Banning porn, which is illegal for children to have, is one thing. Banning books because of some bad words, is another.

One county made a decision on what’s porn.
If you don’t like it, move from that one county.

 

[ding]

That there are no banned books in this country

Is that a simple enough sentence for you to understand?

There are none that I am aware of. If there were it would violate the 1st Amendment. But if it ever did happen it would not prevent the books from being read.

 

[Blues Man]

There are none that I am aware of. If there were it would violate the 1st Amendment. But if it ever did happen it would not prevent the books from being read.

I guess you didn't realize the thread is actually about books people are saying are banned in this country huh?

 

[ding]

I guess you didn't realize the thread is actually about books people are saying are banned in this country huh?

Yeah... I did understand that. My ONLY comment was about your ridiculous logic that "if books were actually banned no one could read them."

If books were actually banned no one could read them

 

[Mac-7]

There were books banned in Florida school libraries. That is factual.

Then they are not banned and can be obtained by adults

That means they are “banned” in the sense thet ordinary people understand the word

 

[Mac-7]

See link I provided.

I did and you are being disingenous

Those books are simply not provided to childten at government expense

But adults can buy them privately if they want to

They are not banned

 

[martybegan]

He isn't.

The reason for the backlash is the LGBT nuts need to give smut to children.

 

[sartre play]

This is AMERICA. You are free to read anything you want .

 

[martybegan]

These are library bans.

No, these are libraries deciding what books to have in stock.