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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Remember when there was the outcry for the book sold on Amazon about pedophilia? That was a book most people had not read and would not read but the subject was one they could get behind and complain to amazon for selling the book.
So yes, you can give a thumbs down to a book without having read it depending on the subject matter without having read it first.
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Even this can be dangerous. Whilst there is an argument for banning certain books which promote or assist criminal behaviour, there are real questions of where the line should be drawn. Particularly when the intended readership is adults presumed to be of full capacity.
Should Lolita be banned? And is a book ever appropriately dealt with by a self-righteous Twitter lynch mob seeking to enforce their own standards of offence on the wider community?