Hotel Replaces Bibles With Kindles

06 Jul 2012 18:48 #1 by ScienceChic
I wonder if normally free books can still be downloaded for free? And do they leave whatever was downloaded on that room's Kindle on there for the next guests to read? I'd go in and purchase a bunch of my favorite romance novels! :wink: I hear Fifty Shades of Grey is pretty popular these days.

Hotel Replaces Bibles With Kindles
Desk Drawer Tradition Goes 21st Century For 2-Week Trial
July 3, 2012

For a two-week trial period, the Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, England, has replaced hard copies of the holy book with electronic versions accessible through the Amazon e-reader, The Telegraph reported.

Guests can also download other religious texts free of charge. Other reading material can be purchased at an additional cost.


"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill

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06 Jul 2012 20:14 #2 by pineinthegrass
Sounds like a good idea to increase hotel revenues.

But I don't know. I might thumb though a Bible, but I'm not sure I'd want to touch a Kindle in a hotel. What was the previous guest reading? :VeryScared:

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06 Jul 2012 20:51 #3 by ScienceChic
According to some of my girlfriends, if it was Fifty Shades of Grey, you don't wanna know what they were doing after a few chapters. LOL

"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill

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06 Jul 2012 21:43 #4 by pineinthegrass
This SNL skit probably gives a clue, and it ends with a Kindle. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH85EkJPwEk

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06 Jul 2012 21:52 #5 by LadyJazzer
Kindles sound like a LOT better option than the Gideon buy-bulls... (Which I typically throw in the trash as a matter of conscience...)

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06 Jul 2012 22:11 #6 by Reverend Revelant

Democracy4Sale wrote: Kindles sound like a LOT better option than the Gideon buy-bulls... (Which I typically throw in the trash as a matter of conscience...)


You probably don't have to throw too far to hit the trash.

Waiting for Armageddon since 33 AD

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07 Jul 2012 10:55 #7 by Rick
rofllol :pop

The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

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09 Jul 2012 07:26 #8 by FredHayek

Democracy4Sale wrote: Kindles sound like a LOT better option than the Gideon buy-bulls... (Which I typically throw in the trash as a matter of conscience...)


:VeryScared: I suppose you cheered when the Taliban blew up those Buddhas in Afghanistan too?

Just because it isn't for you, is no reason to deny it to others.

Back on topic,
Gideons should cut a deal with e-readers to pre-load the Bible. Users could always choose to delete it.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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09 Jul 2012 10:53 #9 by PrintSmith

Democracy4Sale wrote: Kindles sound like a LOT better option than the Gideon buy-bulls... (Which I typically throw in the trash as a matter of conscience...)

Just what one would expect from an intolerant, exclusive bigot. Tell us SFB - why do you feel entitled to destroy the property of others simply because you disagree with them and why are you a supporter of destroying books that don't agree with your particular point of view?

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09 Jul 2012 11:09 #10 by Nobody that matters

PrintSmith wrote:

Democracy4Sale wrote: Kindles sound like a LOT better option than the Gideon buy-bulls... (Which I typically throw in the trash as a matter of conscience...)

Just what one would expect from an intolerant, exclusive bigot. Tell us SFB - why do you feel entitled to destroy the property of others simply because you disagree with them and why are you a supporter of destroying books that don't agree with your particular point of view?


Book-burner... wow... LJ's in some fine company now! :)


Of course, everyone knows she's the queen of "They did it first" excuses for moronic behavior.

"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln

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