The poll needed to add "Who cares."

Clear Channel Communications, Inc. - the media company that allowed Rush Limbaugh to call a college student a slut, hosts a 50 Shades of Grey book burning? #hypocrites #biblioclasm

"One of the common complaints from male listeners, said Zumock, is that women get so obsessed with the books in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy that they're neglecting their men."
Welcome back...to 1950.

If those men were treating their women right, they wouldn't be neglected. Silly.

People don't buy into this non-sense and try to give any credibility to Zumock or Limbaugh. It is only entertainment. I wish more people would understand that. What any of these idiots do or say is only for market share and more money in their paycheck or the paycheck of Clear Channel. If anybody saw the video it was clearly schlock at its finast. They burned what appeared to be 4 or 5 books that looked as though they were just purchased.

have your wife read it to you in the evening in bed and see how neglected you are as my wife and i are doing if you get into it with her it turns her on more and guess who gets to show ther wife how you to can be a little bit of christian grey the reward is great

Apparently the men who are feeling neglected may just be neglecting their women. Because every man that I know including my own, whose women have read the books have said they reaped the benefits of their women reading the books. The books got them hot and bothered and the men received the rewards of it. If you don't like the boks dont pick them up and read them. To each is own.

Silhouette and Harlequin books, specially the ones with red covers have plenty of sex in them. They are awesome.

if you don't like the book, don't buy it or read it. bottom line is MIND YOUR OWN BEES WAX.

Ooooh...he burned the book...ooooh...that really hurts. NOT!

This is nothing more than a stunt to get even MORE people to buy this book. Who the Hell would burn their Nook... just because they read the book on it? Nothing but a stunt.

Just one word, Asswipes.

Looks like they succeeded - in bringing even more attention to the book they supposedly hate. As my husband said, "Burning a book doesn't make it cease to exist any more than burning a flag does."

What is Alan Cox's afraid of? Is he afraid that his wife will finally figure out that he's never known what he was doing in the bedroom? I've read the books and yes they are very erotic. But so is Playboy,Penthouse, and Hustler, and I don't see him burning them. I think Alan's a little uptight. I bet he never read past the first chapter it embarrassed him that he didn't know all the little secrets that make a woman happy. And what a dumb thing to do on RADIO, Alan no one can see you burn a book on radio you dumb schmuck.

Well, thanks to this stunt, Fifty Shades of Grey's book sales are going to keep soaring. Trying to subdue the sexual expression of women can only mean trouble for men. When are some men going to accept that the female energy is strong and cannot be restrained? Alan Cox is a little boy who is obviously not representing the many MEN who want their women to indulge in sexual fantasies. These men know that it will only translate into more passion in the bedroom. Yum!

Alan Cox is not funny. He needs to do these gimmicks in order to make headlines and people will listen. I would rather listen to the beep before a weather bulletin on repeat for four hours than turn on WMMS when he is on. It is amazing this show has lasted so long.

the idea of burning any book ,no matter the subject, is just wrong.

I don't believe the women reading this book are neglecting their hubbies. If anything they should be jumping their bones. It isn't just a sexual book, it also has a story, and yes, I've read all 3 of them. I'm a widow, so can't jump anyones bones, but I enjoyed the books. Just being honest, when some people may not.

Book burning? Really? Just when you thought the so called literate public couldn't regress any further....

I agree with e.c.park. Burning books are a bad thing, don't care who does it.

What most of the population neglects to see or acknowledge, is this is a book that promotes a love affair with a psychopath. Period. Women are obsessing over a love affair with a disordered man, and that my friend is toxic. Unhealthy on so many levels. If any one of the women that have read the book, was in an actual love affair with a narcissist, she would not be swooning..............trust me, she would be emotionally crippled beyond believe, and in serious therapy sessions for the next few years to recover. There are many victims out there in the real world that take offense at such fantasies. AND there isn't a woman out there that would believe in that happy ending either. Impossible. There are no happy endings in a relationship with a disordered person, only horrors without end.

Like my Mother always told me "be careful what you wish for"

I think the whole thing is stupid...and wouldn't even leave a comment except for the absolute lunacy of burning electronics. Don't we have e-waste for a reason? Maybe I'm too much of a raging environmentalist, but I care more about the air than the moral implications of burning a book.

Clearly the woman who burned the Nook is an idiot...

AFTER READING THOSE BOOKS I AM PRETTY SURE MY HUSBAND WAS THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE BOOKS ARE A GREAT READ AND THE PEOPLE THAT THINK DIFFERENT ARE TO AFRAID TO ADMIT THAT MAYBE JUST MAYBE THEY DO HAVE A SEXUAL APPETITE. I ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT MY HUSBAND READ THEM BECAUSE WELL THERE ARE THINGS HE COULD LEARN.

Like it or not books should never be burned. If it gets your woman hot who cares. The lesson learned here is to never let us become a society that blocks our freedom to read what we want. Keep this in mind when voting for republicans backed by religous zealots.

Men that have a problem with the book have been God-smacked realizing they are probably inadequate in bed. Use this book as a manual men. Men should be happy women are reading this book. Gets the women in the "mood".

I read the trilogy TWICE.....yep that's right, I missed a few things the first time around. I left the first book at my boyfriends house with some passages marked and asked him to at his leisure read them.....you know what? He decided we needed a little adventure and spice and boy did he serve it up nicely! Hot for sure...so men take it as an opportunity to ditch the therapy sessions that couples spend thousands of dollars on each year and pick up these books! Much cheaper and way more fun!

I read the trilogy TWICE.....yep that's right, I missed a few things the first time around (I was reading so quickly). I left the first book at my boyfriends house with some passages marked and asked him to at his leisure read them.....you know what? He decided we needed a little adventure and spice and boy did he serve it up nicely! Hot for sure...so men take it as an opportunity to ditch the therapy sessions that couples spend thousands of dollars on each year and pick up these books! Much cheaper and way more fun!

I think burning any book, is just foolish. I do think it is importaint however, to consider what books of this kind can do to relationships. This book sets up men to fail. This book is about a dysfunctional relationship and is about contolling and abuse as much is it is about sexual fantasy and fulfillment. The relationship in this novel is just not healthy.This is female porn. From my past experience, I believe men and women should toss out all porn, and spend time connecting sexually with a real person, one you love. Some fantasy, is just plain unproductive and not conducive to healthy relationships. Not many women can live up to the pornographic sexualization of women from pornorgraphy, just as real men, cannot live up to Mr. Gray.

Alan Cox lost some respect from me after this stunt. Books should never be burned. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you should destroy it. I thought he was actually an intelligent man and wouldn't do something so foolish, but I guess ratings are ratings. That's as bad as Sarah Palin trying to ban certain books she didn't like from the library.

HEINRICH HEINE (1797-1856)
"WHEN BOOKS ARE BURNED, IN THE END PEOPLE WILL BE BURNED TOO."
"WHERE THEY HAVE BURNED BOOKS, THEY WILL END IN BURNING HUMAN BEINGS."

Read the books and loved the story. I was expecting more sex. Harlequin books have more sex and are more discriptive. As a book lover (don't own a reader and doubt I will ever have one) I find burning books offensive. Agree with Jessica.

Geez....it' just a story! Why people get bent out of shape is beyond me! Maybe the effort to burn and/or ban should be concentrated more on the criminal elements in real life instead of the stories of one woman's fantasies!

That book was hot.

I read it, thought it was a little repetitive and on the tame side. I stopped @ Book 1 because my wife said the next 2 books weren't that much better.. That these hooples are regressing to book burning is ridiculous..This says an awful lot about the right wing mind set..

NOT SO. The Fifty Shades books were burned to show solidarity with liberal, progressive, feminist and gender studies proponents, who felt that the story line was objectifying and demeaning to women. The burning was an acceptable example of liberal tolerance for things that are not determined to be PC.

Idiots! I will defend their right to do this, however I still think the act of book burning is stupid. The article mentions that one person burned her "Nook." With children in America going hungry they could have sold these books and Nook and fed a few kids.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!

Um, they actually did it more for "something to do" and to get people up in arms a bit. You could call and ask yourself. I purposefully put the show on today to hear what they said about it and no one even brought a book. They had to go out themselves and run to Target and BUY books to burn. The only person who brought anything was the person with the already broken Nook. In total they burned 6 books, all which they purchased. I personally just don't like the idea of burning books. I won't even throw out old text books because it just seems wrong. It had nothing to do with anyone's "agenda."

Never heard of the book or the radio host, but very irritating when the story writer fails to define acronyms. What the h*** is WMMS? Why would you assume everyone will know?

Our country was built on "freedoms", making a choice to read what you want is one of those "freedoms". Maybe the books should have been "over 18 only", but I still think that many "under 18" would find a way to read them. Sometimes people are really stupid and go around with their blinders on. Once you go against something it only makes it more popular. These book burners have only succeeded in making others want to know what the fuss is about. IMHO the Harlequin books are crap, poorly written and you read one and you have read them all. At least the Grey series was a story and not just sex. This is coming from a right winger.

I can almost guarantee that Alan Cox hasn't picked up a book of any kind in about 20 years. This is just mindless "performance art" to draw attention to his lackluster radio show. Nobody listens to him. His ratings are in the crapper. Despirate times....

I've never read the book, but book burnings are just wrong. I mean, so what if this guy doesn't like the books? A lot of people do, and we should all respect each other's opinions, except when it's a silly stunt like this. The klan burned a lot of books, so did hitler...I thought that society was better than that.

The trilogy was yummy and it made my husband extremely happy! Enough said! Boom!

When I saw who was behind this, let me just say, it didn't surprise me. The Alan Cox show is nothing more than a blatant wannabe Opie and Anthony.

And for the criticism that 50 Shades has been given, I think I'll rent it in the near future.

Book burning?

So, they're relegating to getting show material from "Footloose", eh?
The only thing missing was John Lithgow running up and telling them to stop.

Being in California, I've never heard of Alan Cox but any radio person that would resort to book burning must be some sort of idiot. I wonder if he's even read the book? I think many non-readers automatically think it's all about S/M and while there's some of that in the book, the majority of it is just hot sex (or maybe it's just my lack of, but I thought even the "vanilla" stuff was pretty damn good). I've been single and cellibate for almost two years and with my past male relationships unable to communicate their thoughts and desires, to have Mr Grey able to admit he has no clues as to what he's emotionally ready for...well, that was my porn.

The books are not meant to be serious fiction. It's a good, light, mindless summer read. I enjoyed all 3 of the books. For years mn have been reading the "articles" in Playboy, Hustler, and OUI magazine and nobody said boo about it.

Now women have something they can read for some mindless entertainment and the books have to be burned!?! Give me a break!

Are our men in todays society that fearful? Really???

Jen
I was in a relationship simular to this book and its degrading. To know that women nation wide have fallen in love with it makes me feel uneasy and I have to agree with Susan in that it is unhealthy and controlling. To be in love with a Narcassist is truely living in a abusive relationship because it all has to do with being in control and having power over you. And as for what Mike said about the fictional characternot wanting to leaving the relationship, may I just remind him that this is a "fictional" book and if we all could see the true outcome of a relationship like this we wouldn't be praising this book. A person like this will win you over with his charm and attention but once he has you in his "power" he can destroy who you are and you will depend on him for everything. The abuse goes hand in hand and to get out of a relationship like this can become extremely difficult because the love you have for that person you are always hoping and praying that they will change someday! This is not a true love story in reality. Its disfunctional