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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:46 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should sale and/or possession of Mein Kampf be banned in the United States? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. "I love Freedom of Speech - it lets us know who the idiots are" |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Excellent point!!! n/t |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Reading such material can help us to discover |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. First Amendment. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Exactly! Once that starts it's all downhill when reading/viewing material is banned. n/t |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. +100 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Of course not. |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Possession and sale should both be legal. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Banning any book gives it a kind of mystique |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Should be legal (nt) |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have a copy and I feel everyone should be made to |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. For years it was banned in Germany. I do not believe we ban |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. you don't remember "banned in boston"??? |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. My fourth grade teacher |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. Reading of Mein Kampf should be required in all American schools |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I agree, I also think reading of materials by Karl Marx should be required. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Mein Kampf and Marx-Engels were required reading... |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Yes to all 3, but especially the 3rd point. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Banning books is the first step toward Naziism. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. unfortunately I'm with the ACLU on this one. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. on the contrary, it should be required reading. |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. I own a copy, published by a mainstream publisher. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm of two minds. I had some creepy looking guy come into a 2nd hand bookstore where I worked |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I don't want it banned but |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. I thought the world would become saner .......... |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. I have a copy. I choose to keep it. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. You can't believe in banning books and freedom of speech at the same time. n/t |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
26. If you forget what something was, you won't know when you face it again n/t |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
29. Dumb question |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. former U. S. Senator Alan Cranston was once sued by Hitler for publishing Mein Kampf |
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