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Old 08-11-2017, 07:02 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The danger comes when you go from "I don't want to read that book" to "nobody else should be allowed to read it either".

If a book breaks the law, which a book containing instructions for child molestation certainly would (in the UK, anyway), the bookseller would be breaking the law in selling it. If a book merely offends you (as some books seem to offend some religious nuts), then that's a perfectly valid reason not to buy it yourself, but no reason at all to think that you have the right to let your morals dictate what other people should or should not be allowed to read.
Well put Harry.
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