Free Speech a slippery slope to social Decay ?
I'm not one for watching the News.But this story caught my eye while browsing today.
Do we have the right to burn a book in our garden should we choose to do so ?
Should we burn books at all ?
This news story got me thinking as to why the act in question was being committed, Obviously some words or ideas in the book were found to be offensive to the Person in committing the act.
Does this justify the actions ?
If written words can cause such offence,
were do we draw the line on Spoken or verbal Ideas and opinions ?
Or should we draw the line at all.
Comments (53)
You got style Dude
But It always hits me straight into the heart. I love books... I wouldn t burn a book even if it s a "bad one". It s not about the books it s about us people and our perceiving of them.
Below is a poster of a Movie that was taken from a book, all about the BURNING of BOOKS.......
It has to be something like 40 years ago i read the book, whilst still at school.....
Written by a guy called,
Ray Bradbury
The point Im getting to is, is it ok to kill someone for doing it as its an effigy of the Idea with in.
Its up there with clockwork orange
Must admit never read the book but its on my list
Could all this be considered a
CATCH 22....
Took me 6 months to read
Tis a dilemma alright.
But isnt this why we have the freedom of speech not actions?
I read all them back when i was in HIGH SCHOOL....
They were considered Compulsory reading for English 40 years ago.
I still have them somewhere around here.
Agree to disagree seems to be an option
Classic case of CATCH 22........
But I think as Simmo is saying If I burn a book The only person Im hurting is myself,
by depriving myself of its content.
Assuming the book is mine to begin with. JMO
My next blog will be my usual silly nonsense
Cyn Men are from Mars
Ariel
But this news article is paradoxical in the fact that it shows the stupidity firstly of the book being burned as if that would remove its fundamentals from existence. But then For it to become a legal and social issue.
A child to be burned for thinking this was Ok. as if that would eradicate the idea of book burning from Existence.
Not to mention the Cleric Lying and fabricating evidence.
Thank you for sharing the article .... If she is guilty .... Then it is a Muslim country after all .... The girl could have burnt the Koran in private and not got caught ... Yet she chose to burn it where it could seen which is a sign of disrespect .....
I am assuming she was giving the Koran by locals ... And she got annoyed of the Muslim religion being force onto her with this religious Muslim book .... Its simpler to the blogs .... Here some try to force Christianity on us .... By condemning non Christians will go to hell bla bla bla ..... Sometimes I wish I could burn those blogs too
Or back in the day of witches etc ....
he worst are the religious blogs that dont allow comments.
They annoy me.
But as Zman said we can choose what to read and what not.
And you bring up the cultural Issue. I think its Important
But the condoning of death for it ?
A bit to close to a sacrifice to appease the gods for my liking.
But that's just me.
Ok We can choose what to read yes .... But if its religious then its a bit different ... I guess people take it as disrespect when they given the bible if they are not Christians ... Or the Koran if they are not Muslims ....etc
I come from a Hindu background .. And I spent 4yrs being a Christian read the bible went to church etc .... Yet I didn't find any comfort in it and I didnt I want to go back to following the Hindu faith cus I didn't faith comfort in that either ..... So I chose the part of spiritual
enlightenment and it seems to be great .... I love learning about my soul ....
I still get nagged by my family for not being religious anymore ...... But what makes me happy that is important to me ....
Anyways what I am trying to say people can get annoyed if they are given religious book that is not of their faith .....
About the blogs
All I can say about religion is the more it is forced the more people will walk in the opposite direction
The trick is finding your beliefs
The magic is holding on to them.
The Great Library of Alexandra must have been some place in its day.
Were are the links Elmo
I am glad to have been able to try a few and one the path I have chosen is the one I am happy and comfortable with and which serves me well .........
u have not giving the answer so i repeat the questions
how long has it been between the picture with your hat on and this one with the glasses
and another question do you happen to dye your hair as on the other picture it did look like your beard was blond
am i right or not?
just being curious that is all
As to the question of dying my hair, Well I had no beard in the other Photo.
serendipity
Thanks for dropping by your Views are most welcome and are very astute, I thank you for such a well composed argument and a Great read.
Venus yes we do like our caves
and should keep our discord there.
Conrad Thanks for the Post. and the whole thing. you should post it in a blog yourself so all can see it is available
yes perhaps, at least she wasn't burning all the books