Similar to the debate about whether or not "you are what you read", you know how in the aftermath of an arrest of someone who has done something atrocious or been planning something atrocious details of the individual's reading habits can be made public.
If a book has a certain rep or is associated with controversy or possibly government tracks, such as Kurt Saxon's Poor Man's James Bond or Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book or William Powell's Anarchist Cookbook, would you have any desire to read it or own it what so ever or would you simply feel you dont want or need it anyway?
I had thought about expanding this a little to other mediums, I had an uncle who had a VHS copy of Evil Dead throughout its banned years for instance, but I think I'll stick to books for the time being. If this is posted in the wrong place mods feel free to move it.
If a book has a certain rep or is associated with controversy or possibly government tracks, such as Kurt Saxon's Poor Man's James Bond or Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book or William Powell's Anarchist Cookbook, would you have any desire to read it or own it what so ever or would you simply feel you dont want or need it anyway?
I had thought about expanding this a little to other mediums, I had an uncle who had a VHS copy of Evil Dead throughout its banned years for instance, but I think I'll stick to books for the time being. If this is posted in the wrong place mods feel free to move it.