tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post1440540774772581528..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: “A book is a loaded gun.” So ban them or burn them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-29529074866870600322015-01-27T09:29:00.680+00:002015-01-27T09:29:00.680+00:00"It already is banned in much of Europe"..."It already is banned in much of Europe"<br /><br />The banning of the Mein Kampf is a bit peculiar - for what I know, in most countries this banning is enforced, not by any law banning the Mein Kampf, but by the copyright being owned by the State of Bavaria, who forbids the making of copies.Miguel Madeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382939732567489809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-17480969545981353512015-01-26T21:20:48.633+00:002015-01-26T21:20:48.633+00:00I once read Mein Kampf. I'd be staggered if so...I once read Mein Kampf. I'd be staggered if someone became a Nazi on the "strength" of it, or found its ideas a source of inspiration, given that it's barely readable garbage.<br /><br />It already is banned in much of Europe, and Geert Wilders I know wants to ban the Koran on the grounds that if Mein Kampf is banned, a book that really is directly invoked to justify atrocities should also be banned. Surely the reall lesson is that books shouldn't be banned, but apparently not!asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.com