The Off Topic Topic

[Richard Hakluyt]

Book burning is an important procedure for any repressive state.

[Norgy]

Problem now is the environmental impact of burning oh so many Kindles and phones. Damned liberals and their environmental protection acts!

[crazy canuck]

A reminder that it was not so long an ago there was general agreement books were unambiguously good.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9h4kzhSgjp/?igsh=NTYwZjd5NDE4YjJp

[Duque de Bragança]

What do you do? Perhaps thank the teacher for making so much reading material available their students?

It is so weird with all the fucked up shit online that conservative groups are trying to create moral panic over books. Did they finally move on from perversities that can be found on clay tablets? Dirty telegrams?

Wait until they discover that pornographic books used to be in Latin, more often that not. 

[Razgovory]

I remember my Latin teacher slipped his translation of Ars Armoria into the school library when I was in High School.  He told every class that, but I don't think the administration cared or understood what that meant.

[Admiral Yi]

Shouting down right wing speakers on college campuses is the left wing version of book burning.

Thank Hod that seems to have abated.

[Josquius]

Shouting down right wing speakers on college campuses is the left wing version of book burning.

Thank Hod that seems to have abated.

On the one hand you've groups of paranoid nutters demanding the destruction of thousands of books for the most innocent of things like boys with dolls, or just straight up basic sex education, because gaysexual indoctrination.

On the other you've a handful of examples where stupid societies, often right wing ones purposefully trying to troll, invite cunts to give one off speeches along the lines of "why we shouldnt allow Muslims to exist in the 21st century" and receive a reaction of "... No".

[HVC]

Shouting down right wing speakers on college campuses is the left wing version of book burning.

Thank Hod that seems to have abated.

Too many Palestinian protests taking up campus spaces.

[Admiral Yi]

and receive a reaction of "... No".

Clearly Non Literal(tm)

Bodysuits have been making fashion inroads on the streets of Iowa City.  I heartily approve.

[HVC]

In more asian shame culture news, a Japanese gymnast was sent home by the Japanese Gymnastics Association for smoking.

 Don't know anything about her, but apparently she was good.

Earlier this year, Miyata dominated Japan's most prestigious domestic competitions, winning the All-Japan Championships and the NHK Trophy, where she secured her Paris Olympic berth.

She's 19.

Link

[Grey Fox]

And legal age is 20. Japan remains a very punishment loving society.

[Josquius]

It is pretty amazing how they infantilise late teens.

[Savonarola]

I've found the premise to the sequel to "Cocaine Bear":

Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

[Tonitrus]

Sharkokenado.

[Savonarola]

Aw yeah, hell yeah:

American rapper Snoop Dogg to carry Olympic torch

But is trusting Snoop with such a large lighter a good idea?