is it odd my father owns a translated version of Mein Kampf

[greenitedaze]

No concern here, unless it was a signed copy!

 

[tthor]

You wanna know something really odd? My friend, her mother's family is Jewish, and her father and his family are Nazis. (apparently, she says family get-togethers are really awkward)

WHAT DE FOOK?
How did that even happen? Why did a nazi decide to marry a jew, and if they are real nazi's wouldn't it be more violent than awkward?
It's like the most fucked up version of Romeo and Juliet I've ever heard.
Please tell more!

well, she says her mother converted to wicca, tho frankly i'm not sure that would be much better in nazis eyes. beyond there being a lot of tension at family gettogethers, i don't know much lol

 

[Captain Bobbossa]

I wonder if you could find a copy of that book in the forbidden section at hogwarts library?

 

[kayisking]

Not at all, it is a very interestering book (I have read it myself several times).

 

[Infernostrider]

its a popular book, a lot of people read it. what is so wrong about owning it?

 

[Kurokami]

if you do not know its the book Hitler wrote in prison it helped him rise to power over germany
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No, it's perfectly understandable. I mean yeah, it might be cause for worry, but it probably isn't.

 

[Kurokami]

Do you consider Christians as an enemy?

It is the religion itself that is the enemy.

It's nice to see someone else say this.

Also he owns the book big deal I know people who own lolita it doesn't make them a paedophile does it.

I actually do know someone who owns this book and constantly espouses racial hatred it's not owning it you have to be worried at it is owning it and then stating that Isreal should not be a country that is when you need to be worried.

Owning it and saying that isn't really antisemitism. I mean, don't get me wrong, at that point I might be a bit worried, but A LOT of people think Israel does not deserve to exist, which I think is a load of crap, but whatever.

 

[Danglybits]

Not really. Hitler was a big deal, understanding what happened from a primary source would be interesting. Better than piecing together a sense of history from filtered versions of what he said. Also: Morbid fascination.

 

[thePyro_13]

My brother studied it for his history class. Their are many legitimate reason for owning it. I think it's worse that we are so quick to judge based on someone's possessions.

 

[Danglybits]

I wonder if you could find a copy of that book in the forbidden section at hogwarts library?

Now I wish I read HP so I could come up with an answer for that. I'm gonna say, "yes"; they don't seem like the type to censor knowledge.

 

[Sanglyon]

Well, it's the same reason I've read The Prince. I might think the guy is a complete idiot, but it's got historical value, and certainly offers a mindset into a psychopath.

Then you might have missed the intent of the author and his book, which is commonly considered a satire of tyranny. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince#Interpretation_of_The_Prince_as_political_satire

well, she says her mother converted to wicca, tho frankly i'm not sure that would be much better in nazis eyes. beyond there being a lot of tension at family gettogethers, i don't know much lol

Nazi were christians, so wicca is a no-no for them too.

Anyway, to the point:
Atheists are the group of people with the better knowledge of the Bible.
Any economist, even capitalist, worth his salt has read Marx.
Shoa historians have read mein kampf.
Some fantasy enthusiasts have read Twiligth.

"Know your ennemy".

 

[TheRealCJ]

Well, it's the same reason I've read The Prince. I might think the guy is a complete idiot, but it's got historical value, and certainly offers a mindset into a psychopath.

Then you might have missed the intent of the author and his book, which is commonly considered a satire of tyranny. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince#Interpretation_of_The_Prince_as_political_satire{/quote]

Yes, I have heard that before.

But satire or not, you've got to admit that a lot of powerful people have been influenced by it over the centuries.

 

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

I wouldn't say so. It's history.

 

[Leon Last Lord Shyle]

El snippo

Yes but at the same time this person does spout quite a large amount of racial hatred and has made several rather obvious anti Jewish statements.

 

[JourneyMan88]

I had to read it in High School. I have a dual-language, original German/English translation version because I was in advanced German at the time. I have several books on Hitler and the beginnings of WW2. To answer your question, "no".

 

[spacewalker]

My language teather once told us once that the only book that had been studied as much as the bible was mein kampf, not really because of the book itself, the writing is medicore at best, but because of who wrote it.

 

[PurplePlatypus]

Well it seems like an interesting bit of History, I don?t see why it would be weird to have it at all. Hell who isn?t interested in the bad guy at some time or another.

 

[alrekr]

if you do not know its the book Hitler wrote in prison it helped him rise to power over germany
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It didn't really help him rise to power and he even had to down play how much that book outlined his beliefs in the run up to Reichstag elections. The only way Mein Kampf helped was that it had an heavily edited version of Hitler's youth.


OT: nothing to werid about him having a copy as long as he doesn't have the book in a shrine.

I mean I have a jacket and hat from a german WW2 military uniform: does that make me a neo-nazi?