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How do you show that your [[Police State|totalitarian regime]] is [[Kick the Dog|monstrous]] and trying to [[The Evils of Free Will|stamp out all free thought]]? Or that your [[Moral Guardians]] have crossed the line into [[Culture Police]]? Have 'em hold a good old-fashioned book burning!
 
The [[Book -Burning]] is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|exactly what it sounds like]]: the incineration (preferably a big bonfire) of literature that threatens the government's authority or the [[Moral Guardians]]' values. It's [[Kill It With Fire]] used for censorship, or at the very least to make a statement. It doesn't have to be books -- movies, music and artwork may also go on the fire.
 
[[Captain Obvious|Writers usually have pretty strong feelings on this subject.]] (Bookstores often have ''different,'' somewhat conflicted, feelings. If someone's buying armloads of books from your store, their intent to burn may not concern you much.)
 
Very much [[Truth in Television]]. To list every notable [[Real Life]] example would probably take up half this page, so... [[No Real Life Examples Please|you know the rulesroutine.]]
 
Compare [[Break -Up Bonfire]], which carries a more personal meaning.
 
Compare [[Break Up Bonfire]], which carries a more personal meaning.
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