Thread: Kaufman links e-book trend to bookburning, Nazis
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Old 12-05-2009, 04:16 PM   #329
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Originally Posted by Alan Kaufman View Post
It is not only what one reads but cultural respect for the medium of its transmission that produces civilization, decency, tradition.
Once again, flowery statements that just aren't based on evidence or logic, and are in fact pure demagoguery. Respect for the medium has nothing to do whatsoever with decency, and it may in fact hold back civilization, not "produce" it. As for "tradition", every society has had such venerable and long-standing traditions as beating your wife or drinking yourself into a stupor to celebrate holidays. The crux of your argument just doesn't hold water, and framing it in ever more passionate terms isn't going to change that one bit.
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