Receing a form variable as a list instead of as a string

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if page or form.getvalue('show') == 'log': 
        # it is a python script 
        page = page.replace( '/home/nikos/public_html/cgi-bin', '' ) 
elif page or form.getvalue('show') == 'stats': 
        page = page.replace( '/home/nikos/public_html/cgi-bin', '' ) 


in the first if option page works a string and replace happens , while in the second it behaves liek a list and the error i mentioned is being produced.