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Terror Networks
Fahrenheit 451
2015-02-28
[DAWN] THAT'S the temperature at which paper auto-ignites, and is also the title of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel about a future America where books are burned by the state.

However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
 I doubt if the story inspired this generation of jihadis to go on their book-burning spree as nobody has accused these semi-literate barbarians of being fans of modern fiction. Quite the contrary: to show their devotion to culture, the warriors of the Islamic State
Posted by:Fred

#5  @#3: "As for the Constitution that demands Obama faithfully execute the laws instead of governing as a dictator, Durbin opines:

'[I]f we view this document with honesty, we know that it was fatally flawed from the start.'"
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169   2015-02-28 16:14  

#4  These acts, destroying artifacts and burning books is a testament for the Islamic states to conform of else. They could care less how we feel about it. Their intent is to drive civilization back to the 7th century, and there is no place in that century for books or art.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2015-02-28 15:06  

#3  So they're doing like the Donks on the Constitution. "We don't need no stinking history or documents to obstruct our goals".
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-02-28 10:18  

#2  Should not be a surprise. Similar (the Taliban) 7th century Troglodytes (followers of Mo) dynamited the Buddhas Statues of Bamiyan in Afghanistan in 2001 prior to 911.

They figure they have to destroy your culture before they can replace it with their destructive, Islamic supremacist notions. They have gotten frisky in the last few centuries--more so as of late.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-02-28 09:22  

#1  a future America where books are burned by the state. no longer read, and MSM leads thoughtless brain dead sheeple around on a whim.

Posted by: Unirt Ebbick6972   2015-02-28 08:01  

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