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		anonymous on April 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A New HTTP Status Code to Report Legal Obstacles Fahrenheit 451 isn't about censorship, though. People often mistake it as a book against censorship, but in reality it's a book against television. You can read more about it here http://www.laweekly.com/2007-05-31/news/ray-bradbury-fahrenh... and listen to bradbury (quicktime required, sorry) here http://www.raybradbury.com/at_home_clips.html Edit: Also, paper burns at 451 degrees Celsius, not Fahrenheit.

hawleyal on April 16, 2013 [–]

> censorship

You're interpretation is disingenuous. Yes, the larger story is about the decay of intellect in society. However, it's a forced conversion, so that's where the censorship comes into play.

> 451 degrees Celsius

Your source is an extreme outlier.

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