>Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people
What did he mean by this?
He means that where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.
>>1262222
This.
Also trips.
>>1262222
Who is "they"?
It means accidents are likely to happen and those people who burn the books might start a fire which will injure others or hurt themselves when lighting matches etc.
>>1262236
Nazis
They burned more than 6 million books and even more people.
>>1262344
But the quote is from 100 years before the Nazis
>>1262236
Presumably society, or anybody with the power to commit mass book burnings, such as the government. I haven't read the quote in context though, you'd probably get your answer if you did.
>>1262348
The Nazis were only brought to power by Hitler; they've been in existence for centuries.
>>1262318
Fires are indeed dangerous
>>1262361
the eternal nazi
Burning books is a control method; most governments will allow this to control what knowledge is fed to the masses.
> they only want you to support what they support.
>>1262220
Joseph Smith?
>>1262361
>this is what /his/torians actually believe
Border services routinely burn books.
They have a list of proscribed titles that they don't let into the country.
How else are they supposed to dispose of them?
>>1262230
trips
>>1264753
Trips
He means that burning books means such adversity to the physical from of ideas, that the one who burns will seek out to burn the people as well who hold the hated ideas like books do.
>>1262361
now this is bait.
>>1263241
Whose border services? Zimbabwe's?
