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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm a human being and I find that book highly offensive. I even read it, a very long time ago, because I was curious. Just the same, it's a very slippery slope when you start saying something can't or shouldn't be read. Why? Because we're a bunch of incipient proto-Fascists who can't be counted on to resist the evil message? Look at what's happening at Duke right now as evidence of where this kind of reaction leads.
Just the same, I think it would be a terrible choice and should be opposed on that basis. Given that it is highly offensive, it would only be interesting to discuss it on its historical terms, in light of what it said to and about Germany in the run-up to the Nazi era, and we're hardly equipped to do that here.
However, I can't imagine anyone would want it to be chosen, so I think the nomination is best left to seek oblivion on its own.
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I think you are correct here. I'll just ignore this one and let the nomination die on it's own. It was a poor choice in bad taste and I won't be saying any more about it unless someone else decides to second it.