• 'Mein Kampf' reissued: Is Adolf Hitler's book too dangerous for the general public?
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[QUOTE=opti2000;47216160]I am german and honestly i am interested to read this. Really curious what our Adolf has written.[/QUOTE] Google it and have a bucket ready and don't do it at night people will hear your laughing and your vomiting. [editline]26th February 2015[/editline] There is a comedian of Turkish descendant who started his career by traveling through Germanys school for 5 years reading from Mein Kampf for pupils to show them what a huge heap of horseshit it is. At some point the book even stops in the middle of a sentence and paragraph as if the guy Addi dictated it to just didn't care anymore.
I'll stick it next to my copy of 50 Shades of Grey so that people just assume I enjoy reading shit books.
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;47218045]I'll stick it next to my copy of 50 Shades of Grey so that people just assume I enjoy reading shit books.[/QUOTE] I think most people would me more offended by the 50 Shades of Grey copy than Mein Kampf.
I've read through a good portion of it and it really gives you insight as to what and why he did things during the war. I would hardly consider it dangerous, any sane person who reads it will not all of a sudden become a Nazi. It is very educational for those looking to see who hither was and what it was that lead up to the start of WWII.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;47215634]That's way too easy, the communist manifesto is pretty short let them do a report on all 800 glorious pages of das Kapital[/QUOTE] its at this point i begin sweating bullets, darting my eyes over to my bookshelf which not only contains an unabridged mein kampf, but the communist manifesto and an unabridged collection of Das Kapital if i had to do any sort of report on DK i'd probably kill myself, its a tough read
[QUOTE=UncleJimmema;47218586]I've read through a good portion of it and it really gives you insight as to what and why he did things during the war. I would hardly consider it dangerous, any sane person who reads it will not all of a sudden become a Nazi. It is very educational for those looking to see who hither was and what it was that lead up to the start of WWII.[/QUOTE] anything is dangerous when you consider americans think their goverment is run by lizard men and that vaccinations cause autism
Sieg heil.
[QUOTE=Helios127;47215893]Im kinda surprised this book isnt public domain, all things considered. I dont know, maybe issue a foreword? Outright banning it is restricting information, and the only reason one would seriously read this is for historical intrest purposes.[/QUOTE] It's technically not "banned" per se, it's just that Bavaria has the copyright until some time this year so it's not legal to make copies or import them commercially.
I've had to read a few chapters or Mein Kampf for a class and I can confirm it's very poorly written and impossible to take seriously.
[QUOTE=Cornish;47218643]anything is dangerous when you consider americans think their goverment is run by lizard men and that vaccinations cause autism[/QUOTE] I dunno, you guys put an ex-KGB agent in charge of a democratic country.
I read about half-way through before I got bored. It's really just a long rant of him hating on the parliament system honestly. Only interesting part for me was when he talks about why he began to hate Jews because he would go to local communist newspaper editors (Who he said were all Jews ofcourse) and have never-ending arguments with them. Too bad he didn't have a forum like Facepunch to keep those arguments fostered in a healthy way.
[QUOTE=JesterUK;47215025]how is this relevant to anything[/QUOTE] He asked for another question.
[QUOTE=nikomo;47217478]It's a book, not sure how it would be dangerous. If it made someone snap in the head, it would only be the trigger for an underlying mental problem, it wouldn't be the actual cause of the problem.[/QUOTE] Good or bad, knowledge and ideas are power, or can be powerful. The Nazi ideology was incredibly dumb, but it obviously had (and still has, if neo-Nazis are any indication) a strong appeal. [editline]26th February 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Killuah;47217990] At some point the book even stops in the middle of a sentence and paragraph as if the guy Addi dictated it to just didn't care anymore.[/QUOTE] Weird, pretty sure Rudolph Hess wrote things down when Hitler dictated them.
[QUOTE=Tudd;47220348]I read about half-way through before I got bored. It's really just a long rant of him hating on the parliament system honestly. Only interesting part for me was when he talks about why he began to hate Jews because he would go to local communist newspaper editors (Who he said were all Jews ofcourse) and have never-ending arguments with them. Too bad he didn't have a forum like Facepunch to keep those arguments fostered in a healthy way.[/QUOTE] To be honest, I laughed a little bit when even Hitler himself found it hard to hide the fact that his art was amateurish at best in the first two chapters. :v:
[QUOTE=ExplosiveCheese;47221640]To be honest, I laughed a little bit when even Hitler himself found it hard to hide the fact that his art was amateurish at best in the first two chapters. :v:[/QUOTE] I had an honest-to-goodness artist friend of mine fucking try to defend Hitler's art as being "not that bad" and went on to say "I've seen worse from my uni classmates" Mate, that means your uni has shit standards, not that Hitler was a decent artist.
what a strange thought to think of a world where Hitler continued with his art. [IMG]http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/dog1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://aryanism.net/wp-content/uploads/Hitler-6.jpg[/IMG] [thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/The_Courtyard_of_the_Old_Residency_in_Munich_-_Adolf_Hitler.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]https://ideastracker.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/hitler-painting-2.jpg[/thumb] hard to look at his stuff and think genocidal maniac. don't let tortured artists near politics :v:
[QUOTE=Mamok Zalku;47222166]what a strange thought to think of a world where Hitler continued with his art. [IMG]http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/dog1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://aryanism.net/wp-content/uploads/Hitler-6.jpg[/IMG] [thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/The_Courtyard_of_the_Old_Residency_in_Munich_-_Adolf_Hitler.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]https://ideastracker.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/hitler-painting-2.jpg[/thumb] hard to look at his stuff and think genocidal maniac. don't let tortured artists near politics :v:[/QUOTE] His art wasn't weird enough for the early 1900s poor guy.
[QUOTE=Mamok Zalku;47222166]what a strange thought to think of a world where Hitler continued with his art. [thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/The_Courtyard_of_the_Old_Residency_in_Munich_-_Adolf_Hitler.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]https://ideastracker.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/hitler-painting-2.jpg[/thumb] hard to look at his stuff and think genocidal maniac. don't let tortured artists near politics :v:[/QUOTE] Check out the scale and perspective. Note in the first one how the windows are oddly sized and oddly placed, and they slightly stray from correct perspective. In the second one, notice how he put a fucking window behind the staircase and how the door looks a mile high.
The more I read this thread, the more I realize how hilarious of a person Hitler would be if he hadn't been so successful
Anyone interested in learning more about Hitler's formative years for which there's reliable information should really check out [url=http://archive.org/details/TheYoungHitlerIKnew]The Young Hitler I Knew[/url], written by perhaps the only person he ever sincerely called a friend: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Kubizek]August Kubizek[/url]. They were inseparable as teens, from the days of Hitler's second rejection from the Viennese Art Academy to his mother's death from breast cancer until his eventual disappearance into homelessness and poverty. Kubizek knew Hitler more intimately than any other human being ever did, I think. [QUOTE=ElectricSquid;47222552]Check out the scale and perspective. Note in the first one how the windows are oddly sized and oddly placed, and they slightly stray from correct perspective. In the second one, notice how he put a fucking window behind the staircase and how the door looks a mile high.[/QUOTE] Which wasn't a big deal. In fact, although he was rejected from the art school, it was suggested to him by the examination board that he study under the school's architectural branch. He was even given a letter of recommendation, a big deal in early 20th century Vienna (you didn't get anywhere without letters of recommendation), and the only reason why he didn't pursue this course of action was because a diploma was required to study architecture-- something he did not have. Hitler was Hitler, but he was also naturally talented, and people noticed this about him.
[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;47222552]Check out the scale and perspective. Note in the first one how the windows are oddly sized and oddly placed, and they slightly stray from correct perspective. In the second one, notice how he put a fucking window behind the staircase and how the door looks a mile high.[/QUOTE] Jeez, you guys just can't let Hitler have his fun, can you? Sheesh.
[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;47222552]Check out the scale and perspective. Note in the first one how the windows are oddly sized and oddly placed, and they slightly stray from correct perspective. In the second one, notice how he put a fucking window behind the staircase and how the door looks a mile high.[/QUOTE] Was he a bad artist, or is that a symptom of his mental insanity?
Yeah because learning from history is horrible according to our dear western leaders. If we actually cared about not making the same mistakes we made in the past, we might not slowly drift towards surveillance and fascism we are now.
It bothers me that people say "we should burn Nazi artifacts". This ranges from cloths to books, etc. I am in love with nazi/hitler/himmler documentaries and stories. Not because I appreciate the nazi's, but because I appreciate how fucking insane they were and think that we should do everything in our power to make it VERY known what they did, in as much detail as we can. We have to remind every generation that exists in the future that people with families once upon a time committed the worst act of genocide anyone has ever seen, and that they have to do everything in their power to make sure it never happens again. Someone will use it to reinforce their Nazism. But they would do that whether or not they have these things. Hell, the drive to find it might fuel their love for these things. No one has the right to burn historical artifacts because no one can say who will be inspired to do monstrous shit or not if we do or don't burn them.
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[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;47222552]Check out the scale and perspective. Note in the first one how the windows are oddly sized and oddly placed, and they slightly stray from correct perspective. In the second one, notice how he put a fucking window behind the staircase and how the door looks a mile high.[/QUOTE]The window behind a staircase might actually be real, sometimes builders just don't give a shit if they get it wrong. [img]http://i.imgur.com/zMwUzls.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=capital;47214990]haha they're treating it like some fantasy artifact that instantly brainwashes any who look upon its pages.[/QUOTE] Necronomicon?
[QUOTE=J!NX;47223109]Was he a bad artist, or is that a symptom of his mental insanity?[/QUOTE] He was just a bad artist. Anyway, I think we have this book lying around somewhere. My friend has a very early version as well. Never read the thing, though.
Isnt Mein Kumpf just a mediocre book on how Hitler was feeling shit was like post-WW1 Germany? It seems like his art, unimportant and insignificant. Do people think its some prima strategy guide for being Hitler?
/pol/ is going apeshit right now.
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