Yeah, one thing I still haven't wrapped my head around -- and probably never will -- is the mindset that's willing to ban any book. I own several books that I consider wholly reprehensible (Mein Kampf, for instance); I keep them because in order to fight tyranny and oppression effectively it is necessary to understand the mindset which brings it about, identify the weaknesses in the arguments used to support it, and prepare convincing counter-arguments. (This is for the "soap" phase of "soap, ballot, jury, ammo", of course.)
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Date: 2009-07-25 12:34 am (UTC)