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mc, who is it that's banning books? And here's Craigd with one of his utterly incomprehensible responses. Hi, Craigd. It's nice to hear from you once more. We haven't had an exchange in quite a while. It's good to know you're still out there. On another topic altogether, Orwell's essay Shooting an Elephant will be of more interest here than what he has to say about language. Ps: If Biden has broken the law, let him pay the price. In the mean time, let your hero pay his price; his crimes are out there for everyone to see who cares to look.
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Before we get personal. Orwell, (Blair) was a professed Social Democrat, which happens to be the prevailing direction of a large part of Europe today. That doesn't mean in any way that he was statist or in the new understanding "Progressive". Animal Farm is a warning about communism which by definition is complete statism even if it is " for the people". If I am incorrect in this then please attempt to set me right.
And now Keith in for the lock!
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. . .Hi, Craigd. . .It's good to know you're still out there. . . He’s out there, he’s queer, and won’t drink Bud Light beer. _____________________________ Queer as in odd. Not, you know . . . gey.
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I know people get settled in their viewpoints, and close their minds.
In the case of “A day in the life…”
It is an awful missed opportunity to read a very good story.
It’s not even long. The sentences as translated are simple.
Too bad petty politics manage to ruin the opportunity to just enjoy a good story.
Out there doing it best I can.
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No one is banning books some parents don't want there 7 year olds subjected to an alternate life style anyone over eighteen can buy any book ,my father is my hero served 1937 1966 usn . we were talking language and Biden has lost much of his .shooting an elephant would apply to hunter and Joe right?
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....If Biden has broken the law, let him pay the price... Hey Bill. If anything is incomprehensible, it would be, why it's such a struggle after nap time, trying to choose between red or green jello. Open wide jo, here comes the airplane, gonna land some yummy for your tummy. Who cares if he's a criminal hiding in a children's playground, God save the queen man, he likes Brit doubles?
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This thread is hilarious. I hope we can keep it going. Nowadays, a little humor helps a lot. PS: Orwell's Shooting an Elephant is not about assassinating Republicans. It is his reflection on having shot an elephant in Burma. It says much about what motivates people in authority. mc, why would you want to ban books from other peoples' children. Why shouldn't every parents get to decide what reading is available to their own kids. I second ClapperZapper. Read A Day in the Life. You'll be glad you did.
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mc, With respect to book bans, I took the liberty to do a little research. I offer it to you below to review if you would like. https://pen.org/report/banned-in-the-usa-state-laws-supercharge-book-suppression-in-schools/If you researched this as well I would not mind reviewing the sources you came across. Chief, Before we get personal. Orwell, (Blair) was a professed Social Democrat, which happens to be the prevailing direction of a large part of Europe today. That doesn't mean in any way that he was statist or in the new understanding "Progressive". Animal Farm is a warning about communism which by definition is complete statism even if it is " for the people". If I am incorrect in this then please attempt to set me right. Nothing to correct here Chief, other then just adding and highlighting that the goal of the rebellion on the farm was to set up a democratic socialist system whereby the wealth of the farm was to be spread across all the farm animals. All the animals supported this. It was the small faction of greedy pigs that corrupted the system into communism and intentionally mislead the farm's population about it, and then established a means of control to keep the farm's population from questioning it. The farm animals did not willingly "follow " a failed ideology. They were forced into it by the power hungry pigs.
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This thread is hilarious....
....It says much about what motivates people in authority. mc, why would you want to ban books from other peoples' children.... You mean like twenty year, "educators"? Good point Bill, you really can't blame the book, even if it has more than ten pages in its magazine. Blame the pusher, who's sugar coating books, and hooking impressionable children.
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craigd, People who fear books are largely people who don't read. They just somehow know that books convey irresistible temptations to the unsuspecting. They don't read 1} because they don't like to, 2) because they want to guard themselves against hearing something that could threaten their mind set. Stupid people fear books because they resent smart people who know things they don't. Stalin and Hitler tried to defend themselves by banning books. They're the model for book-banners today.
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