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myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker3 weeks ago

One of my favorite books is Farenheit 451( by Ray Bradbury) and was the subject matter for one of my topics several months ago. It is the futuristic story of a firefighter who is ordered to burn books and begins to question the whole thing. There are scenes of people who have committed to memorizing their chosen books and are reciting them. It gives me such an eery feeling of a time when people do not have complete rein over what they are allowed or not allowed to do. And reading a book. We can just go online and order any book we want to or go to the library and check it out. Not in this futuristic world! What are your thoughts on this? Are you book reader/lover? Were you taught when you were young how to open the book for the first time and relax the spine? Do you think that by any stretch of the imagination will or could our so called demecratic country become this way? What other rights can you see being taken away if this should ever happen? I welcome your thoughts.

 
 
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kurdafya_01 (35) response was accepted on 11/25/2009.
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tags:  books, farenheit 451, ray radbury, futuristic, i love books
 
1. myLot reputation of 96/100. geminikid (1071)   ranked 935 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

I taught myself to read at an early age, so I never knew the proper book etiquette. I do recall the hard bound books take a bit longer ot break in, but they last longer too. As for paperbacks, they can get ruined easily. If you go someplace with a lot of water (the beach, a wet bus stop, etc.) you can get a serious waterlogging. So, I try to stay careful


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

Yes, I know what you mean. My mom taught how to take care of books as my grand mother taught me respect for the Bible. For me keeping the paperback in my purse is a bad one. Gets pretty worn.

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. GardenGerty (20190)   ranked 323 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

As a young child I was encouraged to memorize as much of the Bible as possible because in some countries it is not allowed and if we memorize it we will always have it. I can see something that specific being restricted, but not all books, and not with the electronics availability. I think it is great to memorize, though.


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

I think it is great mind work to memorize.

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3. myLot reputation of 95/100. Lakota12 (16775)   ranked 327 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

I sure hope that dont happen here.
and now I am thinking I know somewhere in history in another country and (germany ) comes to mind that they burnt all the books they could! and I still not sure it was there.
But I do remeber reading something of the sort in history books.


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

Yes, you are right they did order book burnings in Germany and, I saw on a documentary about Russian history that they did it there as well. Hard life those.


myLot reputation of 95/100. Lakota12 (16775)   ranked 327 out of 3,932 in thinker  2 weeks ago

yes very and I hope it never happens here. but I do wish they would bring back the big history books instead of these little rinky dink one they say is social studies.
Dont tell enough of history and how every thing went!


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  2 weeks ago

I have heard that. Also that they are questioning alot of so they don't want to put it out to the kids now.


myLot reputation of 95/100. Lakota12 (16775)   ranked 327 out of 3,932 in thinker  1 week ago

I really think kids need to know how our nation got started and wha tthey fought for to be independant country and just not enough things in in the books they have now to let them know this and to be patrotic!.
Altho there are alot of movies out there they can watch that come close to every thing.


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  1 week ago

And thank goodness they have folks like us to tell them how it all came down too!


myLot reputation of 95/100. Lakota12 (16775)   ranked 327 out of 3,932 in thinker  1 week ago

thumbupthumbupthumbup so true!
I took my kids thru a southern town in Miss. and read all the plaques to them about the Civil war and have took the to several battle groundss.
Also have took them to Little Big Horn


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 days ago

That is great! I wish I had that opportunity. Haven't been able to see much or show the kids.


myLot reputation of 95/100. Lakota12 (16775)   ranked 327 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 days ago

My hubbys job did come in handy for us moving around so much I did get to teach the kids aklot of history!

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4. myLot reputation of 71/100. bird123 (1115)   ranked 712 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

The day is comming when there will be world wide access to every book ever written. It will all be on-line. Knowledge and communications are getting better. Also when the entire world can communicate on-line, maybe people can understand each other better and maybe stop some wars. Things are getting better.Of course, we will have to find something to do with all those empty book shelves.


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

I am scooping up as many of my favorites as I can then. I think there will always be books filling shelves. I hope so anyway. As long as i am alive and my kid too. And several Mylotters I am thinking. Teehee

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5. myLot reputation of 93/100. winterose (17612)   ranked 335 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

you think you can just order any book but there a books that are banned and we never even get to know about them, I wrote an article about this several months ago as well.


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

Interesting. I would like very much to read it.


myLot reputation of 93/100. winterose (17612)   ranked 335 out of 3,932 in thinker  2 weeks ago

if you are a member of ac you can see the article up there along with the other 595 articles that I have written lol


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  2 weeks ago

So you use the same username on there as you do here?


myLot reputation of 93/100. winterose (17612)   ranked 335 out of 3,932 in thinker  1 week ago

nope I use my real name there.


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  1 week ago

Gotcha and will read some soon. Thank you!!

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6. myLot reputation of 96/100. peace001 (416)   ranked 877 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

hi,my friend.i wish we will find any book we want to read online or in library.but it is ideal.you know there are lots of secrets in the long history and the government will not tell you all the things. best wishes


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

But we do have adequate acess. I am glad of that. The government is an embarassment in many ways that is for sure.

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7. myLot reputation of 96/100. peace001 (416)   ranked 877 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

hi,my friend.i wish we will find any book we want to read online or in library.but it is ideal.you know there are lots of secrets in the long history and the government will not tell you all the things. best wishes


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

But we do have adequate acess. I am glad of that. The government is an embarassment in many ways that is for sure.

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8. myLot reputation of 96/100. peace001 (416)   ranked 877 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

hi,my friend.i wish we will find any book we want to read online or in library.but it is ideal.you know there are lots of secrets in the long history and the government will not tell you all the things. best wishes


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

But we do have adequate acess. I am glad of that. The government is an embarassment in many ways that is for sure.

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9. myLot reputation of 82/100. jb78000 (1641)   ranked 703 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

i have heard of farenheit 451 but never read it. hard to tell what will happen in the future but when i was researching the banning of books in different countries i did see that some libraries in your country do this quite often (including this book i gather) although the government isn't any longer. could be a slippery slope...


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

There is a new version of 451 coming out in 2012. Cool! I don't know about our libraries banning any books in this country! I hope not. I have heard of some school libraries banning certain books though.

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10. kurdafya_01 (35)   ranked 2,857 out of 3,932 in thinker   3 weeks ago

i love books and i love reading. for me reading is the equivalent of breathing. i could never last a day without leafing through some magazine or newspaper or relaxing with a good novel before bed. i sure hope none of that futuristic crap will happen in our future. i do remember though, vatican used to burn books they deemed as heretic. wasn't dan brown's book the da vinci code lambasted by the church?


myLot reputation of 97/100. celticeagle (4510)   ranked 71 out of 3,932 in thinker  3 weeks ago

Yes, Da Vinci code was meant with much approval by the catholic church. I feel the same way you do about books although I haven't been reading as much as I usually do here lately.

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