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  • #31
    I'll give it five years before bookstores have notices on the doors saying that some books may discuss homos or screwing or homos screwing.
    You make it sound like bookstores are enlightened. I used to work for a publication that was actually BANNED by Chapters. Apparently it was too provocative for them.

    I don't have much sympathy for bookstores. They are free to ban whatever books they want in their store, but if they choose to stock porn, then they need to advertise that fact.
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    • #32
      Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


      What's the point of putting accurate labels on food ingredients?
      To deter improper use of the product.

      Is this a trick question or something?

      If you believe it should be caveat emptor, then you should also support the removal of food labels.
      What food labels are you referring to? "WARNING: THIS COFFEE IS HOT"? Please, remove those...
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      • #33
        To deter improper use of the product.
        Wrong.
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        • #34
          Originally posted by Patroklos


          Wrong.
          I swear he edited that before I hit reply. It didn't say ingredients when I read it. Thus my confusion about what type of food labels he was referring to after.

          Ingredients is to ensure people don't have allergic reactions, which is kind of important from a health perspective...
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          • #35
            Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


            You make it sound like bookstores are enlightened. I used to work for a publication that was actually BANNED by Chapters. Apparently it was too provocative for them.

            I don't have much sympathy for bookstores. They are free to ban whatever books they want in their store, but if they choose to stock porn, then they need to advertise that fact.
            The book they found is not porn, not any more than a high school biology textbook is porn (which I'm sure you think is also).
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            • #36
              I swear he edited that before I hit reply. It didn't say ingredients when I read it. Thus my confusion about what type of food labels he was referring to after.
              I didn't edit anything. Sounds to me like a reading comprehension problem.

              Ingredients is to ensure people don't have allergic reactions, which is kind of important from a health perspective..
              Which is why they list calories too eh?

              Wouldn't a label that said a product was high in calories deter sales?
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              • #37
                The book they found is not porn, not any more than a high school biology textbook is porn (which I'm sure you think is also).
                Your high school used Playboy as their biology textbook?
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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
                  Which is why they list calories too eh?

                  Wouldn't a label that said a product was high in calories deter sales?
                  Calories are on food products to let people know how much they are consuming such that they can be more healthy.

                  I'm not sure what kind of point you are trying to make, except I do know it is incredibly ridiculous as usual.
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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


                    Your high school used Playboy as their biology textbook?
                    Figure out how to read the OP and get back to me. "Playboy" is not the subject here.

                    If you want to talk about how you jerk off to playboy, find another thread. Playboy is so 20th century.
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                    • #40
                      I'm not sure what kind of point you are trying to make, except I do know it is incredibly ridiculous as usual.
                      Should I switch to French? Patroklos got it right away.

                      Not sure what your difficulty is here.
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                      • #41
                        I'm not sure why providing health information on food packages to promote public health is at all comparable to forcing Barnes and Nobles to prominently "warn" that they may be stocking books on sexuality.

                        One is public health, the other is Ben Kenobi not wanting to come within 100 feet of someone acknowledging sexuality.

                        The reason Patty "got this" right away is he's from the Navy, he's seen enough dong to last a lifetime and would probably actively change his purchasing patterns if he realized B&N carried books that showed a penis.
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                        • #42
                          Conservatives in a non-Christian bookstore? Bull****! I don't buy any of this.
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                          • #43
                            One is public health, the other is Ben Kenobi not wanting to come within 100 feet of someone acknowledging sexuality.
                            Where have I said I would refuse to patronise Barnes and Nobles if they had the warning up?

                            You don't know me very well do you Asher?
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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


                              Where have I said I would refuse to patronise Barnes and Nobles if they had the warning up?

                              You don't know me very well do you Asher?
                              I'm asking what the purpose of the warning is, if not to discourage people from entering if they don't want to be anywhere remotely close to the books.

                              This is not a very difficult concept -- what is the purpose of the warning if it is not to discourage people from entering if they are offended by the concept of being within hundreds of feet of a photo of a penis?
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                              • #45
                                Most people at Barnes and Noble are pretty liberal. They aren't going to care, so why put up a warning?
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