[Novalug] The pen is mightier then the sword ...
greg pryzby
greg@pryzby.org
Sat Jul 18 09:39:43 EDT 2009
I should state that I only grab free books that are on Project Gutenberg
that are legal.
Amazon offers a number of free books weekly/monthly.
The kindle is an amazing device and I truly love mine.
greg pryzby wrote:
> I need to read this article. It could be enough for me to get rid of the
> kindle.
>
> that said, you can get lots of free books that amazon can't control.
> which is what I do.
>
> http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011.txt
>
>
> Varol Okan wrote:
>> You probably heard about the George Orwell disaster on the Kindle (
>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/17/2138213/Amazon-Pulls-Purchased-E-Book-Copies-of-1984-and-Animal-Farm
>> )
>> .. and may I add 1984 off all books ...
>>
>> So this sets off an immediately allergic reaction to my German history
>> classes. The Nazis organized several "Buecherverbrennungen" under the
>> title "Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist" ( action against the
>> un-German spirit ).
>> /
>> /This was done for a very good ( read evil ) reason as the Nazis were
>> trying to control what Germans were allowed to read. The rest is
>> history so to say.
>>
>> The kindle allows to get the exact same result without the fire. A
>> mass extinction of knowledge and suppression of opposing ( political
>> or otherwise ) opinions. What ever happened to the first amendment ?
>>
>> So the question is; isn't that the same as if a "Barns and Noble"
>> employee comes into your house and removes some books off your shelfs
>> and giving you a refund simply because the one side of the deal (
>> buying a book ) wants to get out of it ?
>>
>> What would you say/do in this situation ?
>> /
>>
>> Varol Okan
>> Ps. //"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
>> /
>>
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