Poll: Would you ever burn a book?

[Murmillos]

Yes (and I have): very poorly written fictional books. And non-fictional which purely pervert the facts - on already well know and documented facts. If a new non-fictional book comes out with new ideas on a subject matter, its safe - as thats how thoughts and ideas grow.

(and on if survival required to do so for a source of heat)

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Burning one book? Sure, why wouldn't I? I've done it before, not sure why it's a big deal.

 

[thiosk]

I would burn books on tax law after the apocalypse for warmth.

 

[FalloutJack]

Because it would be Twilight, naturally.

 

[Nerdstar]

the only reason id EVER burn a book was to survive and needed the heat to cook my food or stay warm in my nice my post apocalyptic shell of a sky scraper

(and even then only things like trashy mags, the bible,kids books,etc,etc. leave the history,science mathematics,philosophy and graphic novels where they are thank you very much.)

 

[gphjr14]

I'd burn a Bible in a heartbeat just to piss off all of those Right-Wing nutjobs who say that burning the Quran (sp.) is "no big deal; it's just a book"

I believe the point they were making was that its not a matter of getting upset over it but getting upset to the point you riot and kill people, as was the case when that pastor burned a Quran a while back.

 

[The Lugz]

if it were a really bad book, i don't see why not i've never been a fan of symbolism so go for it

 

[Ice Car]

I'm confused. Are you talking about burning ALL books or some specific book? If it's just one book you are talking about, then this really isn't a good topic.

All books in the world: Hell no.
"Important" books that should not be burnt: Depends on the book in question.
One book of random origin, type, etc: Doesn't matter. I would burn it if I had reason to, but not for no reason.

 

[Baldry]

...Yes, because it's dark and I need a torch...

 

[emeraldrafael]

No, I'd recycle it if I really hated it.

Just cause I dont beleive in destroying through fire. has too much of a Fahrenheit 451 feel.

 

[drisky]

Its cold, I have no heat, and no fire wood without words on it, sure. In this day and age its probably not lost knowledge, we have records and multiple copies of just about anything important.

 

[MissGinaKid]

I've burnt old phone books. Does that count?

 

[mayney93]

if it's twilight then yes

 

[Pinguin]

Phone book... What else are you going to do with it?

 

[jumjalalabash]

If its every copy of the Twilight series, then yes.

 

[ho Huios tes Moiras]

If I needed þe fire, sure; it's just paper, and þere's probably more copies of þe book out þere. Even more likely if I already own anoþer copy myself.

 

[AngryMongoose]

Yeah, just not for the purpose of preventing what was contained in it from being read.

Well, now that I've finished my exams, I'm going to be burning the metric motherfuck-ton of paper, books and general shite from English. Does that count?

Amen!
Gonna have an A-Level bonfire.

Keeping my GCSE books though, because I've got some pretty hilarious doodles in there.

 

[Redingold]

Only in some incredibly contrived scenario where my life was at stake and the only way for me to survive was to burn a book.

 

[binvjoh]

Why not?

It's just paper.