General Article Should books ever be banned?

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Back in 1925, Adolf Hitler wrote a book called Mein Kampf which shared his thoughts and plans for running Germany. Essentially, it was an outpouring of hatred, detailing the principles that later guided his Nazi regime. A system that – we now know from history – caused the deaths and torture of millions of people. 

But should this book be banned today? Could it inspire other people to repeat history? This is a tricky area and one that Germany has had to deal with only very recently. At the en...

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