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Book-burning without a permit


There was an interesting book-burning event at Prospero’s Books in Kansas City yesterday until red-tape put an end to it. The Kansas City Star reports…

“This is the funeral pyre for thought in America today,” (owner Tom) Wayne told spectators outside his bookstore as he lit the first batch of books.

The fire blazed for about 50 minutes before the Kansas City Fire Department put it out because Wayne didn’t have a burning permit.

Wayne said he would get a permit for next time. He said he envisioned monthly bonfires until his supply — estimated at 20,000 books — was exhausted.

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2 Responses to “Book-burning without a permit”

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    So buring the books is a better answer to the this supposed “death of thought in America” than trying to get others to read the books or giving them away to people who still do read and think? This is a catastrophe!