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How did it end up in "legal thrillers," of all places?
I suppose it being #1, says a lot about just how bad the writing of John Grisham can be ![]() |
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I'm not surprised that it would be a best seller considering that Hitler has to be one of the most historically significant individuals. If people are reading it to try and understand how someone could become so evil it is probably a good thing. I'm more concerned that Mein Kampf has a 3.5 star rating on Amazon and almost half the reviews give it 5 stars.
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Deputy-Dawg has already uploaded an LRF version into our library, and the book has long been freely available at PG Australia.
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I have a printed edition of it and find it virtually unreadable. Half fictitious autobiography; half poorly-written political rant.
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AFAIK the copyright for "Mein kampf" is still owned by the land of Bavaria, which forbids its publication; all present copies are illegal...
And it's a bucketful of sh*t and slander that makes you want to puke. (next we'll have to explain __again__ that the 'protocol of the elders of Zion' is a XIXth century Russian hoax ![]() |
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I don't see how reading a book can be illegal. How else can we learn from somebody else's mistakes? Naturally, a person should be able to put a story in perspective, but isn't that the same with every book?
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Not all present copies are illegal: Publications are allowed in the US and UK, some Swedish and Turkish publishers re-printed it, but were stopped by interim order. In Germany, it´s legal to own the book and to sell or buy antiquarian versions of it. I don´t think it´s unreadable, btw (at least not the original version, maybe the English translation is). I still think it is (or can be) a dangerous book if it gets into the hands of someone (especially young people) with extreme tendencies. Last edited by ravenne; 03-24-2009 at 08:58 AM. |
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I think it's illegal in France too (not that you would have any trouble finding it..). |
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I think a lot of books/movies/games are. That's why education is so very important. You need something to put it into perspective. But, to just say you aren't allowed to read it, I think you will make it more interesting for those people you didn't want it to read in the first place, to read it.
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Since making a reference to Hitler or the Nazis is suppose to be the sign that a thread has died... I guess this thread was DOA
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Hitler was a wanna-be philosopher, but failed in his attempts as demonstrated by Mein Kampf. However, I support free speech, and that includes this work despite the fact Hitler became a monster.
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