Is it OK to read Mein Kampf in public?

[Stanley Edwards]

I'm sure it is, unless it is an edition with Swastikas printed on the edges of the pages and presented in a way which is obviously intended as some sort of pseudo Nazi memorabilia. I'm including a sneaky photo just to ad a little context. This guy seemed to be adorning his book as some sort of fashion accessory, or lifestyle emblem.


It wasn't just a book. The entire thing was a display of bullshit. OK, it may just be history, but to me it was far more objectionable than someone sharing the same cafe and watching porn publicly on their phone/laptop/mag. If my Portuguese was better, I would have said something.

Is this just me again? Would anyone else find it offensive? Dunno, guess another day, a different place, I would have just laughed. Not sure

 

[danny la rouge]

Is he doing the "Hitler moustache" with his finger?

 

[weltweit]

I have a hardback copy, well it is in a box somewhere, never motivated myself enough to read it. And some who have tell me it isn't that great.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Is he doing the "Hitler moustache" with his finger?

He is wishing he could grow a moustache just like Adolf's.

The book was full of toned photographs in red and black. TBH, half of me wanted to twat him, whilst the other half was curious enough to keep peeking.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Not sure what this is called. When the book is closed all the pages appear black edged (like gilt edging) with stenciled out Swastikas in white. It isn't just a book. This is what annoyed me.

 

[danny la rouge]

I think it's OK as long as he was doing the "Hitler moustache" with his finger.

 

[danny la rouge]

Not sure what this is called. When the book is closed all the pages appear black edged (like gilt edging) with stenciled out Swastikas in white.

Fore-edging. Or fore-edge painting.

 

[Gromit]

Is that his Joy Division sat behind him waiting for him to finish?

 

[Santino]

I have a hardback copy, well it is in a box somewhere, never motivated myself enough to read it. And some who have tell me it isn't that great.

Really? Not that great? I'm starting to have second thoughts about Herr Hitler.

 

[planetgeli]

Fore-edging. Or fore-edge painting.

foraging?

 

[T & P]

Not sure what this is called. When the book is closed all the pages appear black edged (like gilt edging) with stenciled out Swastikas in white. It isn't just a book. This is what annoyed me.

Deluxe edition, perhaps. The perfect Christmas gift.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm sure it is, unless it is an edition with Swastikas printed on the edges of the pages and presented in a way which is obviously intended as some sort of pseudo Nazi memorabilia. I'm including a sneaky photo just to ad a little context. This guy seemed to be adorning his book as some sort of fashion accessory, or lifestyle emblem.

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It wasn't just a book. The entire thing was a display of bullshit. OK, it may just be history, but to me it was far more objectionable than someone sharing the same cafe and watching porn publicly on their phone/laptop/mag. If my Portuguese was better, I would have said something.

Is this just me again? Would anyone else find it offensive? Dunno, guess another day, a different place, I would have just laughed. Not sure

Why not ask him if it's real nazi memorabilia, lure him outside with tales of your 1928 edition signed by the fuhrer and then twat him

 

[weltweit]

Really? Not that great? I'm starting to have second thoughts about Herr Hitler.

But I feel I should read it, at some point, I should read the rantings of the monster, if only to understand better how he and his henchmen came to be.

 

[Santino]

foraging?

Faraging

 

[Gromit]

But I feel I should read it, at some point, I should read the rantings of the monster, if only to understand better how he and his henchmen came to be.

Why not read a book by an expert on Hitler instead?
They'll have read it and will save you the bother as well as providing greater academic insight.

 

[Gromit]

Faraging

Easy Nigel.

 

[Santino]

Easy Nigel.

Yes, that's the joke.

 

[NoXion]

I'm sure it is, unless it is an edition with Swastikas printed on the edges of the pages and presented in a way which is obviously intended as some sort of pseudo Nazi memorabilia. I'm including a sneaky photo just to ad a little context. This guy seemed to be adorning his book as some sort of fashion accessory, or lifestyle emblem.

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It wasn't just a book. The entire thing was a display of bullshit. OK, it may just be history, but to me it was far more objectionable than someone sharing the same cafe and watching porn publicly on their phone/laptop/mag. If my Portuguese was better, I would have said something.

Is this just me again? Would anyone else find it offensive? Dunno, guess another day, a different place, I would have just laughed. Not sure

There's nothing inherently wrong with owning a copy of Mein Kampf. Although if I had one I'd prefer my copy to be a plain volume, and I would be reluctant to read it in public even so.

That this person is reading a gussied-up version in public is very... hmmm.

 

[weltweit]

Why not read a book by an expert on Hitler instead?
They'll have read it and will save you the bother as well as providing greater academic insight.

But I have the original document (well translated).

 

[Santino]

But I have the original document (well translated).

It wasn't a very good book and few of his supporters even read the whole thing.

 

[Idris2002]

Is that his Joy Division sat behind him waiting for him to finish?

You idiot.

 

[weltweit]

It wasn't a very good book and few of his supporters even read the whole thing.

I have an idea that there are some books one should read.
I just can't decide if this is one of them.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

I have an idea that there are some books one should read.
I just can't decide if this is one of them.

Wind in the Willows is a book everyone should read. Mein Kampf has no worth whatsoever - historical, nor literary.

 

[weltweit]

If I do decide to read it, and can find it among my many boxes of stuff, I certainly wouldn't read it in public, I don't read in public at all, not even newspapers!

 

[Pickman's model]

Wind in the Willows is a book everyone should read. Mein Kampf has no worth whatsoever - historical, nor literary.

Yeh. I'd be loath to trust your judgement on art books let alone political ones

 

[editor]

Is that his Joy Division sat behind him waiting for him to finish?

That is a fucking disgusting thing to say. Take a warning.

 

[weltweit]

Wind in the Willows is a book everyone should read. Mein Kampf has no worth whatsoever - historical, nor literary.

Well I read Wind in the Willows many moons ago.
Next "must read" will be The Trial, Franz Kafka. I am looking forward to it

 

[Pickman's model]

Well I read Wind in the Willows many moons ago.
Next "must read" will be The Trial, Franz Kafka. I am looking forward to it

Have you read the count of monte cristo?

 

[weltweit]

Have you read the count of monte cristo?

Not yet, but it is in my peripheral vision, do you recommend it?

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Yeh. I'd be loath to trust your judgement on art books let alone political ones

So, as a wannabe top Librarian yourself, how do you rate Mein Kampf?