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Originally Posted by dsvick
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.
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absolutely agree. Almost all of my reading is in science fiction and science non-fiction. Which means being exposed to any type of culture within the imagination of the writer. And imagined cultures can act like an
outgroup to more clearly see the culture that you are in.
For people to be claiming that they are incapable of being rational when faced with criticism (by which they really mean absence of uncritical praise) is just, IMHO, sad. Is it too much to ask to expect a mature adult to be able to discuss
any issue rationally? Frankly, I view anyone who can't do the latter to not be the former.
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