re: #6 MandyManners
After that law passed, one local (non-chain) bookstore advertised here in Las Vegas, “Well, Congress has now made it illegal to sell children’s book from 1984 and before, for your safety! We will comply with this ‘1984 book rule’, as we are concerned about your safety as well! To comply, we will be disposing of all our ‘1984 and before’ books during the coming week!
“All these ‘1984 and before’ children’s books will be lined up outside the back of our store, located at [address edited out]. Remember these are dangerous books! It would be horribly unsafe if people were just to come around to the back of [address edited out] and started taking these books for free! Remember, Congress has declared that these books are unsafe and should be banned. Please do not come around to the back of [address edited out] during this week and take the books that are just lying out there, even though they are completely free! Remember, pay heed to Congress ‘1984 book banning law’! Protect yourself from these dangerous books today!”
I loved it – and the book store can honestly defend itself by saying they didn’t sell any such books, and even warned people against taking them.