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Originally Posted by HarryT
Am I the only one who sees the irony in calling for a book to be banned when the very subject here is "banned books"? To my mind, "Mein Kampf" is the natural winner in this list, because it has far more justification to be banned than everything else in the list combined.
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Not at all. It and perhaps
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich are the only two books on the list that in my opinion one can argue have been banned in a broad sense as opposed to local efforts to suppress availability, access, or use in education. Just because some religiously motivated, or feminist motivated, or political point of view motivated group got worked up about a book does not really make for much in the term "banned." I mean Harry Potter?!
I did not vote for
Mein Kampf during the nomination process or in this ongoing balloting for two reasons. One reason is pretty much what
Issybird has stated. This group is probably just not the place to discuss it. My second reason is that having at one time attempted to read it I was unable to finish it not because of the point of view, but because it was just crap writing.