re: #46 Rightwingconspirator

Honestly I look at it like this- The act of hatred is the problem. Those ugly T shirts are at least as offensive. Books are just ink and paper. Made by men at a factory.

I recall this hilarious scene from the AGW disaster movie, The Day After. Went something like this-They refugees are freezing in the library. They must burn books to survive. Some academics object-“no, no you can’t, that Shakespeare and…”. This homeless guy stands up and says, hey the next room is all tax law books. plenty of paper there!

And then we have Night Court;

Harry Stone: [defendants are on trial for book burning] I feel it’s my responsibility to set an example by fining radical extremists like this with every ounce of power that this state has seen fit to grant me!
Court Clerk MacIntosh ‘Mac’ Robinson: [reads the title of a salvaged book] “The Genius of Barry Manilow.”
Harry Stone: [bangs gavel] One dollar!