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Originally Posted by thrawn_aj
Well, I've noticed that in the US, being alone in public is generally looked at askance  . If you're reading (alone) in public, that's strike two. If you happen to be reading alone, in public and at a restaurant, that's sacrilege of the first order and you better get ready to be burned at the stake  . |
The fallacy of this comes in when newspapers are added to the mix... somehow, reading a newspaper alone while in public (even at a restaurant table) is something no one thinks twice about. So it truly is a prejudice against book-reading.