Should books every be censored/banned?

[Biop]

Obtain toluene. Prepare a 50/50 mixture of concentrated sulphuric and nitric acid. Use it to nitrate the toluene. Filter, and seal. Nitrate the solution again. Filter, and seal. Finally, prepare a mixture of oleum and nitric acid, and re-nitrate the filtered solution. Seal.

You now have TNT.

It's a shame Tesco just shut because I was about to go and grab those ingredients

Fertilizer and a diesel mix makes a very powerful HE.

[Nicholistania]

The only book that should be banned is Mein Kampf. It should be banned not only in Germany but internationally. Other than that no.

[Biop]

Sometimes, but only in incredibly limited situations. For example, the writings of the girl who committed brutal murders at the age of 12.

Why should that, of all things, be censored?

Agreed, I think it would make an intriguing read

[Isolated China]

Sometimes. Like Little Bo-Peep talking about how bad the nation is one thing. But books encouraging crime, murder, rape, etc. should be salted, burned, and banned.

[Lackadaisical2]

The only book that should be banned is Mein Kampf. It should be banned not only in Germany but internationally. Other than that no.

Eh, he doesn't ever even advocate the murder of Jews in it, hatred, etc. yes, but not murder or extinction.

[Lackadaisical2]

Why should that, of all things, be censored?

Agreed, I think it would make an intriguing read

It might not even be about the brutal murders (the way he worded it), I think it'd be interesting to get inside the head of someone like that though.

[Jerusalem and Damascus]

Censorship is an inherently evil act, so no.

[Lackadaisical2]

Sometimes. Like Little Bo-Peep talking about how bad the nation is one thing. But books encouraging crime, murder, rape, etc. should be salted, burned, and banned.

How wide ranging is your definition of 'encouraging', I might be able to get behind you, if you're strict in the sue of the term.

[Imsogone]

Sometimes. Like Little Bo-Peep talking about how bad the nation is one thing. But books encouraging crime, murder, rape, etc. should be salted, burned, and banned.

Again, as reprehensible as I would find such trash, it. should. not. be. censored. The only things that should be actionable are slander and libel.

[Keronians]

It's a shame Tesco just shut because I was about to go and grab those ingredients

Fertilizer and a diesel mix makes a very powerful HE.

That'd be because of the hydrogen bonding that would develop between the nitrogen and the hydrogen on the carbons.

And, of course, it's an unstable mixture which can be made to go boom.

[Lackadaisical2]

Sometimes. Like Little Bo-Peep talking about how bad the nation is one thing. But books encouraging crime, murder, rape, etc. should be salted, burned, and banned.

Again, as reprehensible as I would find such trash, it. should. not. be. censored. The only things that should be actionable are slander and libel.

What if my book explicitly tells the reader to commit an illicit act? Would you extend the same protection to other forms of speech?

[Biop]

Fertilizer and a diesel mix makes a very powerful HE.

That'd be because of the hydrogen bonding that would develop between the nitrogen and the hydrogen on the carbons.

And, of course, it's an unstable mixture which can be made to go boom.

Its called AMFO. Ammonia Nitrate and Diesel fuel.. Yeah i have yet to mix it cause ide likely blow my dumb ass to hell XD

[Isolated China]

Sometimes. Like Little Bo-Peep talking about how bad the nation is one thing. But books encouraging crime, murder, rape, etc. should be salted, burned, and banned.

How wide ranging is your definition of 'encouraging', I might be able to get behind you, if you're strict in the sue of the term.

Depends on the back. Like if its saying "GO ROB A GROCERY STORE! YOU'LL GET REALLY RICH AND NO ONE CAN TOUCH YOU" type, except in a serious tone, then it should be banned. But if it means like "I'm going to go rob a grocery store. Hehehe..... OH DAMMIT THE POLICE! I HATE JAIL!" then its different.

Sometimes. Like Little Bo-Peep talking about how bad the nation is one thing. But books encouraging crime, murder, rape, etc. should be salted, burned, and banned.

Again, as reprehensible as I would find such trash, it. should. not. be. censored. The only things that should be actionable are slander and libel.

Such as what type of slander and libel?
And why should books encouraging people to murder, say, their neighbors, be allowed to be sold freely on the market and possibly make a few insane people kill their neighbors?

[Biop]

Agreed, I think it would make an intriguing read

It might not even be about the brutal murders (the way he worded it), I think it'd be interesting to get inside the head of someone like that though.

Exactly

[Lackadaisical2]

That'd be because of the hydrogen bonding that would develop between the nitrogen and the hydrogen on the carbons.

And, of course, it's an unstable mixture which can be made to go boom.

Its called AMFO. Ammonia Nitrate and Diesel fuel.. Yeah i have yet to mix it cause ide likely blow my dumb ass to hell XD

Plus you're not a terrorist... right? Right?

[Keronians]

That'd be because of the hydrogen bonding that would develop between the nitrogen and the hydrogen on the carbons.

And, of course, it's an unstable mixture which can be made to go boom.

Its called AMFO. Ammonia Nitrate and Diesel fuel.. Yeah i have yet to mix it cause ide likely blow my dumb ass to hell XD

I'm still kind of pissed we didn't get permission to blow up trash cans on the car park in our chemistry lesson when we were studying REDOX.

Would have been the best class ever.

[Biop]

Its called AMFO. Ammonia Nitrate and Diesel fuel.. Yeah i have yet to mix it cause ide likely blow my dumb ass to hell XD

Plus you're not a terrorist... right? Right?

Yeah... I kid yeah im not. They kill and terrorize for religion, And for that i think they are dumbasses. It should be fore profit if anything...I Think a journal written by me would be an intriguing read XD

[Jerusalem and Damascus]

And why should books encouraging people to murder, say, their neighbors, be allowed to be sold freely on the market and possibly make a few insane people kill their neighbors?

Because human beings have free will. Should Helter Skelter be banned because Charles Manson thought it told him to kill some blokes?

[Lackadaisical2]

How wide ranging is your definition of 'encouraging', I might be able to get behind you, if you're strict in the sue of the term.

Depends on the back. Like if its saying "GO ROB A GROCERY STORE! YOU'LL GET REALLY RICH AND NO ONE CAN TOUCH YOU" type, except in a serious tone, then it should be banned. But if it means like "I'm going to go rob a grocery store. Hehehe..... OH DAMMIT THE POLICE! I HATE JAIL!" then its different.

I think we agree then, although I hold that position tentatively, I'm certainly open to a more liberal stance (i.e. no censorship at all).

[Keronians]

Its called AMFO. Ammonia Nitrate and Diesel fuel.. Yeah i have yet to mix it cause ide likely blow my dumb ass to hell XD

Plus you're not a terrorist... right? Right?

Go in airport.

Buy perfume bottle.

Take on aeroplane.

Use phone's battery to ignite a spark.

Put in perfume bottle.

TERRORISM!

[Isolated China]

And why should books encouraging people to murder, say, their neighbors, be allowed to be sold freely on the market and possibly make a few insane people kill their neighbors?

Because human beings have free will. Should Helter Skelter be banned because Charles Manson thought it told him to kill some blokes?

Nope. Helter Skelter should be hit with a stone and burned.

I'm certainly open to a more liberal stance (i.e. no censorship at all).

Meh, I'm more on the side of what's appropriate. (i.e. censorship in certain cases that have been explained.)

[Laissez-Faire]

Never, ever, ever.

Contexts of media and literature that are obscene should not be censored towards any audience, or artificially controlled in any way.

And in relation to 'obscenities' in media used at schools, often such 'obscenity' is useful in deriving perspective and context.

[Imsogone]

Again, as reprehensible as I would find such trash, it. should. not. be. censored. The only things that should be actionable are slander and libel.

What if my book explicitly tells the reader to commit an illicit act? Would you extend the same protection to other forms of speech?

Whether or not the reader commits the act is his or her choice. It's like blaming Grand Theft Auto for crimes committed by people who play the game. Really, we've gotten so stupidly ignorant in this culture that we can blame books, games, movies and TV shows for our actions and get away with it. Nothing like making a book responsible for our actions, is there. Hell, maybe most of us don't deserve freedom, but I'll be damned if I'm going allow my freedom to restricted because someone else can't handle - at least not without a fight.

[Biop]

Its called AMFO. Ammonia Nitrate and Diesel fuel.. Yeah i have yet to mix it cause ide likely blow my dumb ass to hell XD

I'm still kind of pissed we didn't get permission to blow up trash cans on the car park in our chemistry lesson when we were studying REDOX.

Would have been the best class ever.

REDOX? Man i wish my school was cooler. I Learned that mix from Mythbusters XD

[Keronians]

I'm still kind of pissed we didn't get permission to blow up trash cans on the car park in our chemistry lesson when we were studying REDOX.

Would have been the best class ever.

REDOX? Man i wish my school was cooler. I Learned that mix from Mythbusters XD

Reduction and oxidation.

Oh well, we got to do low explosives in the lab.