Pretty soon Mr. Fromm will know whether the Canadian government simply seized Why Johnny Can’t Think: America’s Professor-Priesthood
READBOB.COM
or whether they burned it.
He will know because he will receive a bill if it is burned.
You see, Canada’s present Inquisition is the legitimate descendant of the Old Inquisition.
In the Old Inquisition when a person was burned alive for heresy their family had to pay the expenses. This included not only the wood and the executioner’s trouble, but also the torturer’s time, use of the equipment and a lot more.
No, I am NOT joking.
If a banned book is sent to someone in Canada and burned, the person it is sent to must pay for the cost of burning it.
No, I am NOT joking.
#1 by Bedford on 11/16/2004 - 7:31 pm
Yes, fuel is expensive, Bob. The temperature must reach Farenheit 911 for ignition? He should tell them to just shoot the book a couple of times and save money. 🙂
#2 by Jeff on 11/16/2004 - 11:12 pm
Bedford, I think you’re a little confused.
Paper burns at Fahrenheit 451.
911 is the weight in pounds at which a human being becomes so massive that they collapse inward like a dying star. 😉
#3 by Don on 11/17/2004 - 11:42 am
So it is official? It is on the Canadian banned book list?
#4 by Don on 11/17/2004 - 12:24 pm
Rule number one from “Why Johnny Can’t Think”
“If you want to fit in on campus, don’t think.”
This was easy enough for Bush Jr., since he had no other alternatives.
#5 by Richard L. Hardison on 11/17/2004 - 9:41 pm
One day Canada will wake up and be very ashamed of what they have become. They are everything they accuse Nazi Germany of being.
If the book is banned in Canada I wouldn’t hesitate to include the fact in my adverts. The left hates it when we take what they think is our shame and wear it as a badge of honor. Actually, it is.
#6 by Jay on 11/19/2004 - 2:48 pm
You know, I wonder how far off Canada is from a Nazi or Soviet-like state. I often imagine daily life in those countries as having been full of fear and very exciting. In reality, I bet life was actually fairly normal. You only had to be scared at certain times.
I bet the only thing separating Canada from the U.S.S.R. are the death camps.