library fight riles up city, leads to booki-burning demand


	library fight riles up city, leads to booki-burning demand

djenne

7-26-2009 2:16 PM

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bigotry, book burning, homophobia

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7-26-2009 6:33 PM

ratilfar

Book burning?

Some people are just plain idiots!

7-26-2009 8:17 PM

The Infowarrior

I can remember seeing an old video with people burning books, it was in black and white but the commentary was hard to understand because the narration was in GERMAN.

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