I'm not offended, because I'm not American. I just thought it was absurd to think this was a somehow uniquely American thing. I'm also not sure why you quoted

I'm not offended, because I'm not American. I just thought it was absurd to think this was a somehow uniquely American thing. I'm also not sure why you quoted that bit of my response - we have indeed been burning books for thousands of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_burning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_burning