My issue was the topic of burning books. I came from the standpoint that it is widely unacceptable to do so in any manner. Burning books deprives future generations of a complete literary history, and just because an individual or group has a personal issue with a certain text, there is no justification for burning such delicacies. I think authors and artists throughout history that made the request that their works be burned, or took it upon themselves to do so is extremely tragic and thought provoking in terms of their place in history. How would society be different if the biblical stories had been burned? I find myself drawn to the perspective of those who do find satisfaction in activist book burnings. I hadn’t considered the idea of burning books like 50 Shades of Grey but this crazy kid on youtube made me realize that there might be some validity in burning things like this that, I believe, are a complete waste of paper and shelf space. Though I do not think I would take my next performance to quite the same extreme, I do think I could find satisfaction in burning thinks like this that have absolutely no redeeming qualities about them. The writing is so horrific it is distracting to the over-all story, which, to my understanding, is amateur literary pornography. I could change my media by holding a much more ceremonial book burning in which I burn books I personally have an issue with. This would suit my new perspective that would appear to be a fairly polar opposite from my original, and very opposing perspective. By burning things I deem unnessary to be passed to future generations, I am leaving behind a better, more controlled, history.

My issue was the topic of burning books. I came from the standpoint that it is widely unacceptable to do so in any manner. Burning books deprives future generations of a complete literary history, and just because an individual or group has a personal issue with a certain text, there is no justification for burning such delicacies. I think authors and artists throughout history that made the request that their works be burned, or took it upon themselves to do so is extremely tragic and thought provoking in terms of their place in history. How would society be different if the biblical stories had been burned?

I find myself drawn to the perspective of those who do find satisfaction in activist book burnings. I hadn’t considered the idea of burning books like 50 Shades of Grey but this crazy kid on youtube made me realize that there might be some validity in burning things like this that, I believe, are a complete waste of paper and shelf space. Though I do not think I would take my next performance to quite the same extreme, I do think I could find satisfaction in burning thinks like this that have absolutely no redeeming qualities about them. The writing is so horrific it is distracting to the over-all story, which, to my understanding, is amateur literary pornography. I could change my media by holding a much more ceremonial book burning in which I burn books I personally have an issue with. This would suit my new perspective that would appear to be a fairly polar opposite from my original, and very opposing perspective. By burning things I deem unnessary to be passed to future generations, I am leaving behind a better, more controlled, history.