Books are superior to the Kindle

Rebuttal:1. " No one is going to be reading in the tub or swimming pool even though those may break it. " I've read a book in a bathtub before. I've also read a book while on an inflatable lilo. I'm sure many voters will agree. What you said is true- that people are unlikely to read a book in the tub or pool, which makes them inferior to books. Put it this way.1a. A person has a desire to read while in the bath.2a. A paper book meets this need.3a. A kindle does not.4a. Ergo, the book is superior to the kindle as it meets the desire proposed.2. "Only irresponsible people are going to be doing half of those things you said and if they are that irresponsible they should not have ANY electronic devices."Just because you have the potential to lose something doesn't mean you shouldn't ever get it. People lose phones, it's a fact of life. Are you stating that if someone has the possibility to once, absent mindedly leave something on a bus or in a hotel cupboard while in a rush- they should never own a laptop/phone/ipod? I'm not saying you said that, just asking because it sounds pretty much like what you're saying.3. "As for robbery and theft it is easy to keep your home safe and you should take proper measures before you buy comfort items."Some people can't afford to have a 100% effective alarm system with rapid response, or barbed wire walls around their house, or security guards just a call away. Just because someone has enough money to indulge in an electronic device, doesn't mean that by doing so they should invest in a multi-hundred dollar security system. It's not feasible!4. "With pick pocketing it is unreasonable that they would take it seeing as you don't store a kindle in your pocket as it is too big. "Check your sources. This advert for a kindle shows a guy putting it in his pocket (3)5. "Also, who would steal it. Most robbers don't read a lot because they are too poor to get an education."You do realise that most robbers would sell a kindle after stealing it, like at a pawn store or on ebay. That's basically the reason they steal them. The chances of them stealing a teenager's kindle so they can go home, snuggle up and read the latest book in the Twilight saga is pretty unlikely.6. " Also when traveling, you either have it in your hand or in your luggage."Yes... and luggage can be stolen. (2)7. "you can buy the books as your guardian drives."Is this really helpful though? Usually when I'm going on a long car drive, I pack three or four long books in my day bag, and I have rarely felt the desire to buy a book while my parents are driving. It's just a luxury that kindle owners make use of, that isn't actually needed or desired by most people driving. If you don't sit in the car and think "at the next stop I'm getting up and buying a book!" then you don't need to buy one on your kindle.8. "Three meters is not a reasonable height."Okay, I admit three meters isn't normally a height one would drop something from. I was just making the point that there isn't really a height which a book, if dropped from, would become unreadable. There is, however, one for a kindle. 9. Do you give a four year old a Television or a iPod. NO!!!!! Of Course not. Kids need to mature and be responsible before they get electronics.I wasn't in anway suggesting that people should give kindles to children. Lets follow a similar logic to my first rebuttal.9a. There is a desire for a four year old to read a book.9b. A paper book fufills this desire.9c. An eBook does not fufill this desire9d. Paper books meet desires which kindles don't.9e. Ergo, the book is superior to the kindle.10. "If you did not like electronics, then why are you on DDO"I didn't say I don't like electronics. I said that a book was more suitable for a child than an electronic device.11. "I agree with you that they are only for good income families but so what. Other people may not have the education to read."#So only people who can splash out $140 (£89) on a kindle are clever enough to read? That's pretty narrow minded, not to mention insulting. In Britain, which is where I live, education is free. The same applies to the USA, and the majority of the countries in the world, so your argument that people who don't have $140 to spend on an electronic device are not educated is invalid. Did it occur to you that the average pension is about $3400 a month? After bills, food and clothes, pensioners may not have enough money for a kindle. Does this mean that they can't read too?12. "The library is a great resource but you can't hold books forever or for much longer than a month"I didn't say that libraries were perfect. They're great for reading a book which you're not going to spend more than a month on. For long term solutions like you mentioned, charity shops and second hand bookshops are a great resource as they are really cheap and help charity. (and the book is yours)13. " if books are works of art, and art is in the museums, then, using common logic, I can deduce books belong in museums."You know what is also art? Curtains, and rugs, and lamp shades, and plates! Just because something is pretty doesn't mean it belongs in a museum. Imagine how boring people's houses would be. 1. http://infashion2011.com...2. http://online.wsj.com...3. http://www.youtube.com...;4. http://en.wikipedia.org...