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Cyrano

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5. And you really believe that Putin or Trump wouldn't break everything???

Reply to patphil (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 3, 2024, 06:58 PM

Feb 2024

Putin, Trump, and every other would-be "King of the Hill" in the world will do anything and everything to be on top and rule over the peasants.

And as for pulling the plug, they'd do it in a heartbeat. This naturally wouldn't apply to their own access to electrical and digital power,

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Books are being banned. Book burning is the next step. [View all] Cyrano Feb 2024 OP

Go ahead, let them burn their own money. You can't burn ideas and thoughts away. Idiots will never learn. SWBTATTReg Feb 2024 #1

In this electronic age, book banning is an exercise in futility, and burning them has no effect on access to them. patphil Feb 2024 #2

Don't take the digital alternative for granted. Cyrano Feb 2024 #3

In theory, yes. But in practice it's gone way past that. patphil Feb 2024 #4

And you really believe that Putin or Trump wouldn't break everything??? Cyrano Feb 2024 #5

Just flood the Internet with bogus copies of particular books DBoon Feb 2024 #6

Do you think libraries should have books about making bombs, ghost guns, how to commit suicide, and white supremacy? MichMan Feb 2024 #7

Banning or burning, same thing for all practical purposes,. They're B.See Feb 2024 #8

The Bible is full of lies formulated and used to manipulate and dominate people by liars. PufPuf23 Feb 2024 #9