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To want to burn one of each Religious text today?

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JustMakingAPoint · 09/05/2025 07:54

Not because I hate or dislike them.

Not because I think burning books is good (I do not)

But because I should be able too. Because we have no Blasphemy laws and mean as it is, it’s not illegal and shouldn’t be.

And I want to do it to all of them to make the point it’s not about Islam, though it is provoked by today’s news.

This country is secular, blasphemy laws do not exist. And they shouldn’t.

if it takes every person burning a single religious book of their choosing to make the point - then I’m up for that.

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MrsSkylerWhite · 09/05/2025 22:46

Gwenhwyfar · 09/05/2025 22:41

Politics. You'd need new books pretty often.

Not really. Names change. Strategies, theories, not so much.

Gwenhwyfar · 09/05/2025 22:48

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/05/2025 22:46

Not really. Names change. Strategies, theories, not so much.

There's a lot of current affairs. Yes, the teacher could explain, for Reform see BNP, but certain events change things a lot e.g. fall of the Berlin wall, 9-11, even the Russia-Ukraine war.

LaurelAvenue · 09/05/2025 23:54

@MrsSkylerWhite "Struggling to think of a subject where textbooks would be obsolete after 3 or 4 years."

I studied Africa for A-level geography.
Our textbook was pretty well out-of-date half way through the course because of changes in names/boundaries

Congo/Zaire, Dahomey/Benin, Nyasaland/Malawi etc

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/05/2025 23:56

LaurelAvenue · 09/05/2025 23:54

@MrsSkylerWhite "Struggling to think of a subject where textbooks would be obsolete after 3 or 4 years."

I studied Africa for A-level geography.
Our textbook was pretty well out-of-date half way through the course because of changes in names/boundaries

Congo/Zaire, Dahomey/Benin, Nyasaland/Malawi etc

I had no idea that “Africa” was an A level subject!

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/05/2025 23:57

Was it?

When?

LaurelAvenue · 10/05/2025 00:09

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/05/2025 23:56

I had no idea that “Africa” was an A level subject!

I think you misunderstand.

A level Geography was divided into several sections Physical geography, Political geography, & economic geography,

For economic geography we studied Africa

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