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who you calling sleazy?! I merely commented on how sinister the anton lavey book is.

actually the thread is still on topic, cause Anton's books do in fact, suck.

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I edited my post because it sounded like I was accusing you, sorry! I didn't mean it.

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It's my fault. I manipulated the topic. I'm the sleazebag. I was just trying to change people's minds about books by showing off my lingerie. I didn't mean it very seriously though. The pic is supposed to be tongue in cheek. This topic is a joke anyway, right?

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It's my fault.  I manipulated the topic.  I'm the sleazebag.  I was just trying to change people's minds about books by showing off my lingerie.  I didn't mean it very seriously though.  The pic is supposed to be tongue in cheek.  This topic is a joke anyway, right?

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I thought it was..hmmm

Uhm..but yeah, leave that pic there, I likes it! rraawwrrr! :whistling

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Personally I think book burning was/is an atrosity. Along time ago people were kept down with lack of knowlege and now people take it for granted. I love reading spiritual books because I am learning so many things that were not allowed to be available in a basically christian society before.

However, the publishers these days are to greedy and will print almost anything.

And: I know a guy who writes and is a phsicologist and yes, he bores me to tears. But he is smart. I do not like mainstream stuff and video games and comics are fun but....I learn allot from books and love Harry potter and the effect it has had on the young and their imaginations and exceptance of magick.

So there you have it.

I hate books. what a waste of time.  in 2005 I see no need for books.  I didn't like being forced to read them in college so why would I like them now?  Yes some books are entertaining but I can get that same entertainment watching Nick at Nite or TV Land, they have family ties with Michael j Fox.    One episode was Skippy handleman and mallory (justine bateman) were locked in the basement and they told eachother their deep feelings.  Comic books RULE!  Especially DC.  Comic books are so much more worthwhile than regular books.  It would be awesome if one day all the books of the world got burned. 

anyway I especially hate philosophy books.  So yeah, not all books are the same level of suck. 

here is my list of approved authors.  I wouldn't choose to read them but if you have to, you might as well. 

John Mcwhorter, Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman, Alfred Marshal, phillip k dick, william gibson

  remember, philosophy books suck the most.  Why would I pay money to read about some idiot reach a conclusion I could have on my own?

these people suck:

Noam Chomsky

Nietzsche

Ayn Rand

jack kerouc

the guy who wrote fear and loathing in las vegas sucks too, I forget his name.

So in conclusion.....books suck.  videogames and comic books rule.

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Personally I think book burning was/is an atrosity.  Along time ago people were kept down with lack of knowlege and now people take it for granted.  I love reading spiritual books because I am learning so many things that were not allowed to be available in a basically christian society before.

However, the publishers these days are to greedy and will print almost anything.

And: I know a guy who writes and is a phsicologist and yes, he bores me to tears.  But he is smart.  I do not like mainstream stuff and video games and comics are fun but....I learn allot from books and love Harry potter and the effect it has had on the young and their imaginations and exceptance of magick.

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I'm with you there. I firmly believe that learning/thinking is an undervalued and underappreciated privilege. Even if a book is dense and difficult and the conclusions are flawed, there's something to be said for being exposed to it and making an informed opinion.

I'm the opposite of a lot of people in that I prefer non-fiction to fiction. I have three bookshelves filled with mostly philosophy texts, psychology research anthologies and primatology books. I tend to buy them faster than I can read them, but someday I'll finish 'em all :wink

I like some mainstream stuff, and watch a lot of really bad television and movies for the sole purpose of making fun of them, but I also like the chance to exercise my mind and read challenging material...

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Hmmm.... BlackSunday talks about burning books and keeps his head shaved... seems to invite a certain kind of attention... just saying.

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Nice.

Actually I don't have a shaved head right now. And my grandfather escaped from a concentration camp. I also lost an aunt and uncle I never got to meet in world war two in polska.

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So is it Christian right or Nazi's that you are making fun of?

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neither. it's a particular person on these boards I'm making fun of.

but people other than nazi's and the christian right have burned books.

the person I am making fun of is: myself.

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You rock. :cheerful

I'm with you there. I firmly believe that learning/thinking is an undervalued and underappreciated privilege. Even if a book is dense and difficult and the conclusions are flawed, there's something to be said for being exposed to it and making an informed opinion.

I'm the opposite of a lot of people in that I prefer non-fiction to fiction. I have three bookshelves filled with mostly philosophy texts, psychology research anthologies and primatology books. I tend to buy them faster than I can read them, but someday I'll finish 'em all  :wink

I like some mainstream stuff, and watch a lot of really bad television and movies for the sole purpose of making fun of them, but I also like the chance to exercise my mind and read challenging material...

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I tend not to be into fiction like i once was. Most of what i read nowadays is nonfiction. I've slowly switched from being almost totally concerned with fiction to now preferring nonfiction. If im going to feed my brain something i tend to want it to be more "educational" than "entertaining" as such. I have "fun" learning. You can learn from fiction, but you tend to get more enlightenment-per-page from nonfiction than fiction regardless if its difficult to get through or not. I've been working at it so long i now often prefer the difficulty. Work them brain cells. :tongue:

Fiction tends to teach via spoonfeeding, sometimes i prefer it, but its less and less the case as time passes.

"Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us only the shape of the spoon."

-E. M. Forster

Not a 100% acurate statement but i like it. :happy:

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