What a load of nonsense. ‘Not mentioning an author’ is not a ‘statute’ in any way whatsoever.
Posts by Jeffro
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30The left is so retarded its offically lost its collective minds.
by mickbobcat inwhat a total bunch of asswipes the left has become.
now they have gotten the publishers to stop printing dr. seuss.
dr seuss.
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Try To Be Less White
by minimus inthat’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.
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this is ridiculous!.
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Jeffro
Anony Mous:
once again, you claim they didn’t know the training was on there
No. That’s not what I said at all. I said there is no evidence.
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Another problem for JW apologists
by Jeffro inthe 2013 edition of the new world translation renders 2 kings 17:1 as:.
in the 12th year of king ahaz of judah, hoshea the son of elah became king over israel in samaria; he ruled for nine years.. this is in fact a better rendering than the previous nwt, which stated:.
in the twelfth year of ahaz the king of judah, hoshea the son of elah became king in samaria over israel for nine years.. despite their improved rendering, the watch tower society still claims that hoshea's reign 'really' began in 758 bce, but that it was 'established' in the 12th year of ahaz.
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Jeffro
scholar (22 December 2013):
I have my daughter and grandkids over Xmas but will respond to those posts that I have missed when they leave mid this week.
Still waiting... 🤣
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The left is so retarded its offically lost its collective minds.
by mickbobcat inwhat a total bunch of asswipes the left has become.
now they have gotten the publishers to stop printing dr. seuss.
dr seuss.
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Jeffro
Anony Mous:
The President of the United States, who is supposed to uphold the first amendment, is removing it by statute.
Where do you get this nonsense from? This claim is a complete lie.
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The left is so retarded its offically lost its collective minds.
by mickbobcat inwhat a total bunch of asswipes the left has become.
now they have gotten the publishers to stop printing dr. seuss.
dr seuss.
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Jeffro
minimus:
The listener, you can’t read them or buy them if the woke company decides to remove them from their circulation.
You make it sound like they're doing raids. A copyright owner has stopped publishing 6 books. Whether that's for good reasons, bad reasons, or no reason, that is up to them. But it doesn't mean resellers can't sell remaining stock or that they are 'being removed from circulation' or that people 'aren't allowed to read them'.
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The left is so retarded its offically lost its collective minds.
by mickbobcat inwhat a total bunch of asswipes the left has become.
now they have gotten the publishers to stop printing dr. seuss.
dr seuss.
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Jeffro
Anony Mous:
Amazon deleted the books from your Kindle if you already owned them. This is a digital book burning.
The Seuss titles in question are still on the Amazon Kindle store. Could be regional variations.
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The left is so retarded its offically lost its collective minds.
by mickbobcat inwhat a total bunch of asswipes the left has become.
now they have gotten the publishers to stop printing dr. seuss.
dr seuss.
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Jeffro
The claim that ‘you can’t ban a book if its copyright has expired’ is nonsensical. Various governments have banned books that either predate the concept of copyright or whose copyright has expired. However, the Seuss books in question in this thread haven’t actually been banned but are no longer published. A copyright owner discontinuing its own works is not a ‘ban’.
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Try To Be Less White
by minimus inthat’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.
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this is ridiculous!.
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Jeffro
No. You know they’re fictional, right? Hard to be sure at this point.
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The left is so retarded its offically lost its collective minds.
by mickbobcat inwhat a total bunch of asswipes the left has become.
now they have gotten the publishers to stop printing dr. seuss.
dr seuss.
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Jeffro
It’s Seuss’ estate that has ceased publication of the 6 titles rather than just some third party publisher (or government). It’s not clear why they couldn’t just reissue the titles with updated illustrations to replace the ‘offensive’ ones though. But they own the rights, so they can do whatever they like with them for any reason or for no reason. I haven’t read these particular masterpieces but am familiar with other famous Seuss titles, and I’m not sure that these books qualify as the greatest literature of all time.
eBay jumping on the bandwagon is just stupid.
The concern, right or wrong, is evidently about how people are portrayed specifically to children. The ‘loony left’ hasn’t ‘banned’ Mein Kampf because it isn’t used in school curricula. Titles such as Huckleberry Finn have been removed from student reading lists in various places rather than categorically banned from publication. Books such as the Harry Potter series have been banned in various religious ‘right wing’ schools in the US too so ‘banning’ books for children is not exclusive to the left.
Recent blacklisting of movies and TV shows (particularly where the target audience are adults) is nonsensical to me, whether it’s for their content or because an actor in the program said something stupid on ‘Twitter’ (maybe ban that cesspit instead). JarJar Binks should definitely be banned though. Nothing to do with racism, he’s just really really annoying (and probably a Sith).
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Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Regarding Staying Out of Politics?
by minimus inwe were told we were part of the world if we got involved in politics.
if we had employment that had political involvement we were instructed to get another job.
we were told we might be considered disassociated if we voted and then it became questionable.
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Jeffro
minimus:Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Regarding Staying Out of Politics?
Short answer, yes. Long answer, if individuals are not interested in politics and don't want to be at least aware, that's up them (though not a position I recommend). But it is fundamentally wrong for people to be told not to have political opinions, particularly on issues that directly affect them.