“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning controversial books”

Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by orwin on Saturday June 19, 2021 @05:34PM (#27564651)

I've read a book -a pamphlet, really- about how killing heirs are the quickest and less expensive way of wealth redistribution. Several good point were made, not that clever though tbh, and with some provocativness and irony.

I think a better writer could make a good book, less ironic, even more convincing and less upfront with the idea. If this book existed, would you let young people read it? I mean, you could argue back that heir add value by living and pushing their parent to earn even more money, and killing them would kill their motivation, but now, killing the 3rd generation should not have any influence on the early motivation, yes?

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by BuyMyBitcoins on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:05PM (#27566064)

I would “let” the young people read it because as citizens we share the right to free speech and the right to consume ideas, whatever they may be.

That being said, an individual’s actions may be outlawed or punished, but I see that as distinct from what they read and publish.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by kaesar14 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:13PM (#27565409)

A properly educated and humanist generation of young people would presumably not be driven to mass murder by a convincing pamphlet, unless driven by the extraordinary circumstances of famine (French Revolution) or an existential conflict (World War I).

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