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Originally Posted by Nate the great
...It's a shame that you are mixing up the book and the act. The 2 are not the same.
I think they should be allowed to sell this book.
I also think they should be allowed to sell Mein Kampf, but that doesn't mean I think the Holocaust was a good idea.
I also think they should be allowed to sell the political tracts of the Weathermen Underground, but that doesn't mean I think we should go blow up the government.
I also think everyone should be allowed to buy and sell guns, but that doesn't mean I think you should go kill someone.
There's a huge difference between the tool and the act. This book,by itself, does no harm. It's the act that does the harm, and it's already illegal.
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This is the best argument in this case I have read so far. I was waffling before, between thinking that the author has a right to write whatever he wants, and imagining if I would feel the same if someone did something like that to my son. But in the end, Nate sums up exactly how I feel about the book. The book and the act itself are different. One does not cause the other.