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Originally Posted by alecE
Regarding the future, I'm not convinced that banning topics from discussion in the lounge is a good idea - I think we have to try and continue to build a consensus on what constitutes polite and civilised discussion.
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Intimations of censorship aside, I think is ironic at best and hypocritical at worst to ban discussion on a site about reading. Reading can be such a huge source or knowledge and understanding about other places, peoples, cultures, ideas, beliefs, religions, philosophies, etc. Sure, there is some literature that is read for purely escapist reasons, but anyone serious about reading, as I bet most people here are, will eventually, whether they want to or not, read something that can give them some insight that they otherwise might not have had.
Reading and discussing those subjects here should be no different. Yes, there needs to be some enforcement of rules, if for no other reason than keep the peace. For the most part though, we are free to choose the books that we read and the authors we like, that should apply here as well. If we don't like a book, or an author, or a subject we don't read them.