Jupp wrote:
Books are harmless? I beg to differ. Books and writings have started revolutions (Marx, Luxemburg), have created new religions (Luther), started a war, at least according to a persident of the U.S of A. (Beecher Stowe). Heck, they even brought us to what we are doing in our free time. Roleplaying games (JRR, Leiber, Howard, et al).
Books change the way we think and act since the day we've started to read. And it would be a sad thing if books were only harmless things made out of paper
*smiles* I also beg to differ. The book itself started nothing. A book is an inanimate collection of paper, ink and binding. In all your above examples tis people every time who start all of the above. People make the choice to act out whats in a book, or to further read other books, or to get involved in various activities.
Books don't control peoples thoughts either. People are fully capable of managing their own mind. Most just like to make excuses about external boojums doing their thinking for them.
The statement 'a book made me do it' is absurd on its face and soley the province of fantasy fiction. ^_~`
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