CONFESS!! Of Course You Support The First Amendment... BUT...

[arwalden]

secretly... what BOOK would you like to see banned anyway? Be honest now---I won't tell anyone.

-- Allen

(Edit: Clarity)

[Goldom]

1. anything written by

Bill O'reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter... you get the idea. :eyes:

[Kamika]

2. Pride and prejudice

I was forced to read that book in HS..


Whenever someone says I'm weird I blame that book

[ret5hd]

3. all of the self-inflicted wounds we dem's and progressives cause...

when we attack each other :(

[coloradodem2005]

4. If I only had one book to pick...

...I would say Ann Coulter's Treason. If nothing else but to say, yes I support freedom of speech and thought, except when that speech or thought tells people that they must subscribe to a belief system or they are traitors. It is kind of a "Don't tolerate the intolerant" thing.

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Make Bush read something new.

[Fovea]

6. Jude the Obscure

It really messed me up badly.

[Archae]

7. The Turner Diaries

The Freepers' real Bible. :mad:

[sasquatch]

11. That's what inspired the Oklahoma City bombing for Tim McViegh

and the murder of Alan Burg.

[Gadave]

8. Nothing

I think if there is a book you want banned (even jokingly) you aren't really a friend of the first amendment.

The best way to fight bad ideas is to let them talk.

(I am pissed off when I see fellow liberals shout down conservatives. Let them speak and make enough rope to hang themselves. When you shout them down or try to silence their nutty ideas, you make them a victum and make us the bad guys).

[SOteric]

9. Anything by Will Pitt

or Al Franken.

I work at a Catholic university. Trust me on this: banning a book means the students are going to go out read a copy cover to cover at the earliest opportunity.

[Edge]

10. Anything by a Republican.

No need for them to spread their lies, is there?

[HEyHEY]

12. THe Satanic Verses

BEcause Rushdie is an infidel!


No seriously I think, "Death on the ice" just to spite that bitch english teacher from Newfoundland I once had.

[Interrobang]

13. Nah, I wouldn't ban any books...

I like to read banned books! They're fun!

[Rowdyboy]

14. Bill Bennet's "The Book of Virtues"

I mean, isn't that what book-banning is all about?

My question? What book would YOU ban, Allen

[Exultant Democracy]

15. I have an odd feeling,

I think that this thread is going to end up in Rush's paws on monday.

[arwalden]

19. Wouldn't That Be Cool? (And Sad At The Same Time.)

With so many other things to be concerned about, Rush Limbaugh would cherry-pick a yuk-yuk gag thread for political dissection.

Too hysterical!

-- Allen

[gold_bug]

16. none

"The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech."
--Diogenes of Sinope

[peacefreak]

17. None

And I put my money where my mouth is on a daily basis. Whether it's the Turner Diaries (hateful tome) or Barely Legal I will sell it. I may secretly be calling you an asshole for buying it, but it's your right. And no, if Ashcroft's vultures come to ask for sales records, we wouldn't give them.

[OhioStateProgressive]

18. the bible

[terrya]

20. Mein Kampf

No explanation necessary.

Terry

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. No, no, no! Evil books are to be deconstructed, publicly ridiculed!

All the bigotry and stupidity must be displayed in broad daylight so people may see it for what it is! Yes, that includes Mein Kampf! They are books that have to be studied for the benefit of mankind.

That said, I'd me more comfortable if they were only sold with lots of scholar commentary footnotes.