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evil-olivetoday at 1:54 AM1 replyview on HN

> But that’s a good ban of course, because Freedom of Speech only matters when it concerns speech I agree with.

putting hypothetical words in other peoples' mouths like this seems like it must be a pretty exhausting way to try to make a point.

quoting from the article:

> I think the idea hosting banned books specifically came to me after having read Ben Brown's short story Library. It's been a while since I read it, but if I recall there are characters in the story who maintain a "library" which acts as a digital archive of creative works, owners manuals, 3d models, etc. Things that others might find useful or interesting that you wouldn't want to lose should they be somehow wiped from the Internet.

the purpose of a project like this seems to be not just "here's some banned books" but rather "here's some banned books that I think are worth sharing / reading". if you think Mein Kampf belongs on that list, just say so directly.

but also the premise of your comment is wrong, because Mein Kampf is not banned at all: https://www.amazon.com/Mein-Kampf-Adolf-Hitler-ebook/dp/B002...


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p-e-wtoday at 2:51 AM

> the purpose of a project like this seems to be not just "here's some banned books" but rather "here's some banned books that I think are worth sharing / reading"

Those aren’t banned books though. They are books that used to be banned in another century.

It’s like saying “I’m a criminal because I criticized the Pope”.

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