tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post5138410832881131458..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: on being savonarolaJJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-82771968681156326002007-04-20T21:03:00.000-05:002007-04-20T21:03:00.000-05:00http://bookmooch.comhttp://bookmooch.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-46106524515508510962007-04-12T20:29:00.000-05:002007-04-12T20:29:00.000-05:00Indie, I still have a framed $20 I got as a joke g...Indie, I still have a framed $20 I got as a joke graduating present because of a bet I made with a friend that I would graduate single. He bet I wouldn't. I won. Despite the fact that Brent and I met at Harding I take great pride in the fact that I was <I>not</I> "properly paired off" before I left, despite the diligent efforts of Christian Home profs and the empty promises of Dr. Burks at parent orientations. <BR/><BR/>You make a good point in your earlier comment--there is a difference between dangerous and stupid. This is part of why I feel like there's a real ethical dilemma--on the one hand, I don't like the idea of participating (however slightly) in the circulation of stupid ideas, but on the other, I don't like the temptation toward total censorship either; other people need room to assume their own responsibility in the choice of what they read. But with regard to more directly or deeply harmful things I would be more inclined to metaphorically "burn." Of course, there's always the difficulty of correctly discerning the proper category...JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-35352934432612807502007-04-12T16:17:00.000-05:002007-04-12T16:17:00.000-05:00No, Brent, I sold that one back to the bookstore. ...No, Brent, I sold that one back to the bookstore. All that guy ever said in class was "Go on a Coke date." Like that would solve all social problems and get us properly paired off in good time. <BR/><BR/>I think it was something from a more obscure prof. I couldn't sell it back so I destroyed it.Indie Pereirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00337834296068863923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-86808983496790707552007-04-11T19:07:00.000-05:002007-04-11T19:07:00.000-05:00How about make them into art? A favorite prof of ...How about <A HREF="http://www.carabarer.com/gallery.php" REL="nofollow">make them into art</A>? A favorite prof of ours at Harding also used some of his more shameful books to hold up furniture with broken legs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-67294213924352934962007-04-11T14:51:00.000-05:002007-04-11T14:51:00.000-05:00I'm not sure how, but somehow I managed to avoid t...I'm not sure how, but somehow I managed to avoid taking that Christian home class.<BR/><BR/>I suppose it's unethical to go through your <I>parents'</I> bookshelves and remove the books you wish they didn't have?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10179676657406860478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-71869621166231491522007-04-11T14:16:00.000-05:002007-04-11T14:16:00.000-05:00You could just leave them in a box outside my door...You could just leave them in a box outside my door, and they will eventually work their way downstairs to the cupboard under the stairs (not Harry Potters) and reemerge in March 2008 at the book sale, where, if they don't sell, either get recycled or sent to African seminaries. <BR/>However, you could just dump them now and save a bit of time.priscillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592154889393945066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-31870525403341712392007-04-10T18:22:00.000-05:002007-04-10T18:22:00.000-05:00I stopped reading that book when I learned that "A...I stopped reading that book when I learned that "A woman has two heads."JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-11826590366126302652007-04-10T18:20:00.000-05:002007-04-10T18:20:00.000-05:00The class in which the professor gave free skips f...The class in which the professor gave free skips for anyone who would get engaged during the semester!J. Brent Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313968249314131817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-19780453227987980992007-04-10T18:19:00.000-05:002007-04-10T18:19:00.000-05:00Indie,Maybe I know which one you're talking about....Indie,<BR/>Maybe I know which one you're talking about. Was it the Christian Home book? I had the author of that book for Christian Home. Worst class I took at Harding; period.J. Brent Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313968249314131817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-85596069154357598742007-04-10T18:09:00.000-05:002007-04-10T18:09:00.000-05:00I once tore a Harding text book to shreds then bur...I once tore a Harding text book to shreds then burned it in the parking lot. I can't remember now what it was, but I think that it was written by one of the professors.<BR/><BR/>I usually sell them online if I can get anything for them. I figure if they are stupid but not technically dangerous then it doesn't really matter. I consider dangerous to be books like Babywise with advice that has led to failure to thrive in infants. If there is anyone who actually wants to pay for my copy of Pathway to Purpose for Women, I'll gladly take the money. Its not like those women are going to suddenly start buying good books because I withheld a stupid one.Indie Pereirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00337834296068863923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-85073872167688713982007-04-10T16:36:00.000-05:002007-04-10T16:36:00.000-05:00This is precisely what recycling is for, right? I...This is precisely what recycling is for, right? I mean the recycling bin, not recycling as in re-gifting. If you do decide on the bonfire option, though, let me know. We live pretty close, so I could bring down a couple to add!*K*https://www.blogger.com/profile/07633820043865458165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-42533567309378627512007-04-10T10:40:00.000-05:002007-04-10T10:40:00.000-05:00I imagine this is why I keep seeing copies of F. L...I imagine this is why I keep seeing copies of F. Lagard Smith's books at Half Price Books.<BR/><BR/>I have my shitty books regulated to a lower shelf in my office. (Un)Fortunately, I have plenty of shelf space, so I have not the liberty of hiding the less than desirable books behind other books. On my bottom bookshelf are such stirring titles as <I>Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, The Sacred Romance</I> (the original John Eldredge book), <I>The Body</I> by Chuck Colson, and T.D. Jake's <I>Loose that Man and Let Him Go</I>. I also have several Pat Boone books, but I'm proud of these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-74952044993220273612007-04-10T01:58:00.000-05:002007-04-10T01:58:00.000-05:00Mine either find the trash (who gave me a copy of ...Mine either find the trash (who gave me a copy of the Bible Code and why haven't I found a hole in the ground for it yet!) or meet the fireplace, back when I had one. One has to keep warm somehow. [If they remain here - they are hidden on the shelf behind a more appropriate title.)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807471968416298658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-5654147770128961642007-04-09T23:22:00.000-05:002007-04-09T23:22:00.000-05:00I know exactly how you feel. People "gift" the li...I know exactly how you feel. People "gift" the libraries here with all manner of books, and recently it's fallen to me as religion liaison to decide what I want to keep and what I want to discard in that subject area. Interestingly enough, C of C members are rarely the perpetrators, um, I mean, givers, of most of these books. With the (relatively few) COC books we receive that fall into this category, I send them up to special collections - they're there if someone in 100 years wants to research our tribe, and at the same time they're also out of the way of an unsuspecting freshman's hands.<BR/><BR/>The others? We trash them. And feel no shame in doing so.JAWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05325069837471175957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-86035025197656223452007-04-09T21:08:00.000-05:002007-04-09T21:08:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed this post as I have a number of b...I really enjoyed this post as I have a number of books that I simply don't know what to do with. It's pretty sad when I look over at the bottom of one of our six book cases and see two copies of His Needs Her Needs. When we left Princeton a few years ago, the moving truck we used was one size too small, so we left behind a good bit of stuff including recliners, a kitchen table, some chairs, and, thankfully, a box of books like those of which you speak. We just put it on the picnic table near the basketball court and left. Hopefully it was used as good tinder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com