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Old Jun 1st, 2005, 08:41 PM       
I think they probably got that list a bit backwards. Books like Mein Kampf were not really in themselves harmful, since it wasn't the books but the various leaders and demogogues that really spread the harmful ideas around. And did these people think that reading the Kinsley Report caused people to have pedophilic urges? I do suppose the Communist Manifesto was probably a pretty effective pamphlet for indoctrination.
But I imagine more minds were changed and more action was provoked by people who read books like the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, or that ridiculous book by Margaret Mead, which had a pretty big influence on much of the nonsense in sociology today.
I'm glad Origin of the Species isn't in the top 10, but the fact that its 'honoroably mentioned' its still pretty stupid. It's ridiculous for conservative academics to be opposed to the idea of evolution at this point.
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