The books deemed too dangerous to read

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Banning books makes them so much more powerful to the minds of the curious.

In the case of "The Anarchist Cookbook" the banning and restriction just created an air of mystery about it that attracted people who would never thought about it otherwise. It was a lot like the "Parental advisory" sticker for adults. It almost became a symbol of lawlessness just by itself. And he was right, most of the information in there is flawed and quite dangerous if attempted.

Interestingly, we were made to read 1984 at school because it was supposed to be a critique on Communism … Now that it resembles what’s going on in our own society it’s on the banned list 🤔

When I was in junior high school back in the mid-60s, two brothers in my class kept checking out the book In Cold Blood....the librarian got worried that they were planning something and using the book as a guide...it turns out that neither could read real well, and it was taking them a long time to read it.

I'm 71 years old. I read Mein Kampf when I was 16 years old. It was on the shelf in my local libray here in the UK and anyone 16 or over could borrow it. I didn't turn into a mass murderer or a fanatic after reading it. The book was rather boring, but I did enjoy discussing it with my father who was a soldier in WW2, was captured and was a prisoner of war. He and his fellow POWs saw Germans from a perspective that never left them.

My grandfather was slapped in school for writing something in Faroese. Faroese was not prohobited, but it had for most purposes been forbidden from being used in written texts for centuries. It seems to not be uncommon to ban languages. Faroese survived in oral form - quite well. I think I understand why supression of languages causes much anger and sorrow.

2:24 - Always be wary of those who propose to tell you what something says, while going to extreme lengths to keep you from reading it for yourself.

We just came from Tallinn. On the top of Tallinn being a must see place, visiting this museum in particularly is a huge step in anyone's intellectual development! Thank you! for the greatest idea of creating this museum and brining it it life!!!

"Those who burn books will in the end burn people" Heinrich Heine. Not a post WW2 quote but from the 19th century.

Interesting that there is a section with grammar books. So many languages have been forbidden all over the world. How powerful languages can be when governments fear them!

I don't remember much of what happened in 13 reasons why, I just remember when I was a teen and reading this book for the first time, I could relate heavily to the main character. When she explained what happened to her in the jacuzzi and Hannah telling her friend he was the only nice person to her really stuck with me. As a teen, I was navigating through my emotions and I was always taught to conceal my emotions, but after reading 13 reasons, I actually started talking more about what I was feeling. I guess it's how you take the information and story that's being provided.

Normally, I get really peed off when promos for a sponsor are dropped into an upload, often without a break, and often disrupting the whole flow of a discussion. This is one of the few examples where it was not only relevant but genuinely useful to know about. One of the best-ever Rob Words videos. Fascinating. This whole theme, and Rob's visit to the museum, deserves a follow-up video featuring other and/or less well known examples of censorship and/or banning.

a small note from a german viewer 'Mein Kampf' wasn't really banned, but the german state of Bavaria held the copyright for it until 2015 and didn't allow anyone to reprint it. in 2015 the book became public domain. in anticipation for it becoming public domain the critical edition was created.

Something interesting about the Anarchist's Cookbook, is that it has somewhat of a sequel. The Anarchist's Cookbook 2000. It's a collection of online text files that were spread around the internet sometime around the year 2000 by various authors. A lot of its content is about technology exploits, many of which involve the horribly unsecure dial tone system that was still in use. It covers a lot of the same topics the original Anarchist's Cookbook covered, but the information is a lot more accurate. Although they do still spread some myths that were popular at the time. It even includes fairly accurate information regarding legal rights, including how things are different for juvenile offenders. Seeing as it was written by several different people, and also includes a few pieces that are just commentary on society, it has enormous historical value. Giving insight into the minds of troubled youth at the turn of the millennium.

I’m so bummed! I was just in Tallinn, but didn’t watch this until today. My hotel was very near the museum. Oh well, you explained it well. I fell in love with Estonia. Thank you

William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament into English was banned in England in 1526, Tyndale was later judicially strangled in 1536.

Interestingly, when I was a senior in high school (many years ago), my senior English teacher came up with a reading list for us and submitted it to the principal for approval. He turned all of the books down and came up with another list (e.g. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm). She then told us that what happened as she passed out the approved list. I asked what was on her list. She smiled, glanced at the shut door, and began to give us her list as we hurriedly copied down the titles and authors. So, instead of "preserving our young minds from corruption", we all went out, found the books, and read them. What started as "required", ended up being banned and alluring. What a doofus.

The 13 Reasons Why controversy reminds me of Goethe’s *The Sorrows of Young Werther*, which allegedly also caused a surge in suicides when it came out.

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